Originally Posted by
newKnow
Really? Wow. I've got to find out more about that. Can anyone point me in the right direction? (Contract, Section: Good Deals??)
On that note, I'll take this as an opportunity to point out two parts of the new DAL contract that is better than what we had up north.
1. This APD thing, if it is what I think it is, is better.
2. The vacation plan is better, because I get more of it. (I can't believe I still have three weeks to bidAND I don't have to let the company split a portion of it up for that crappy monthly vacation.)
So, when I complain later, please don't say I never said anything good about the new.
New K Now
Section 23.I (here is a portion):
An APD request will be granted if, at the time of processing, the:
a. number of reserves available in the category is at least 25% of the number of reserves
required (as determined by the reserves required formula under Section 23 W., and as
shown in DBMS),
Exception: An APD request may be denied regardless of the number of reserves
available during the period commencing two days before and ending one day after the
following:
1) New Year’s Day
2) Super Bowl Sunday
3) Good Friday
4) Easter
5) Memorial Day
6) Independence Day
7) Labor Day
8) Thanksgiving Day
9) Christmas Day
and
b. pilot has not been granted an APD since the first day of the bid period containing the
last anniversary of his date of hire, and
c. pilot has requested to drop:
1) a single rotation of any length,
2) multiple rotations totaling no more than four consecutive days,
3) no more than four consecutive reserve on-call days, or
4) a combination of rotations and reserve on-call days totaling no more than four
consecutive days.