Originally Posted by
Jedinight
... I think 20 to 30 % of the OT Pilots will stop. Which will be enough to offset some if not all the efficiencies in the new contract.
I was told by MEC and SEC that OT will ONLY be voted back in when the following happens:
1) All furloughed pilots are back on the line.
2) Spirit management has enough coverage for Swaps and Drops and floating Vacation. Red and Green system is up and running and working properly. If the new electrically controlled system does not help us they can go back to the old manual system. Which the company does not want since the requirements are higher.
JN
AS far as 20-30% offsetting efficiencies, just the 90 hour line build is enough to crew over 1,100 hours of flight. That isn't taking into consideration the effect of the new reserve system or ditching the 10% hard rule for float in favor of giving the company total discretion with the red/green system. BTW, I heard at a road show that we can back out of red/green if its not what we thought it was, however I don't remember reading about an "out" in the TA; I'll have to take another look.
Secondly, regarding the conditions stated above for the return of premium OT, if those conditions are met (which they never will here), the company will not NEED premium pay. So basically, it aint coming back.