Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
I understand that this was a unannounced change, and one that needs to be fixed. It appears that the change was to a max of 50 dollars, and then the rest needs to be expensed. As past practices have had no limit at these two points, this is a marked change, and one that puts many pilots in a bind.
I hope that it comes to a resolution quickly.
I am a little confused here. The contract states you can be reimbursed up to 50 dollars for laundry. What is there to discuss and what does past practice have to do with this? Past practice from a contract standpoint refers to a contractual area where something is not clear but has been dealt with in a consistent manner over a period of time. Past practice has nothing to do with contractual sections changed in a new contract. This is a new section and it appears to have no grey areas.
Trying to state the contractual 50 dollar limit is not valid because of past practice would be like trying file a pay grievance stating that we should be getting paid based on the pay rates in 2004 since that is past practice.