2 year contract extension?
06-13-2018 | 05:55 AM
#101
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,681
Likes: 0
You guys are wearing me out. ACD is settled. There is no use debating it anymore. We can comeback and complain about 5 day trips and lack of high time day trips in a year or two. I’ll start...... This is fAAtiguing..... Worst schedules I’ve ever seen at AA..... How can we let them get away with this...... I’m applying to DL, UA, SW..... informational picketing now...... let’s take out an ad in USA Today...... am I missing anything?
Can’t wait to see him griping about something he negotiated entirely on his own. Sure. It’s someone else’s fault....
I’m sure that 20k expense he attempted to get reimbursed for his spousal unit was someone else’s fault as well.
06-13-2018 | 06:29 AM
#102
Line Holder
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 318
Likes: 0
From: HUD cripple.
As a guy who bids reserve half the year myself, you are full of it! I don’t for one second believe you are flying 18 days. If you are, scheduling has it in for you. I’m way jr to you and 8-12 days working per month is pretty avg. heck, last NOV and DEC I flew 4. If you are flying 18 days on reserve, you are getting hosed and should definitely bid a line that will pay you more.
I get it, you want your cake and eat it too. You aren’t senior enough to hold weekends off on the award, so you bid reserve. I don’t have a problem with that. You do get stuck with all the slash trips on reserve because people trade out of them. I personally like them if I’m on reserve. It’s nice sitting and getting paid while on a nice layover. In my time here I have broken guarantee on reserve once, maybe twice. Reserves on our fleet just really aren’t used that much and I think you know that.
Look, if you want 5:15ACD so you can bid weekends off, that’s cool. But just know that you will be senior someday and you will be working 16 days for 84hrs. I thought a pilots dream was to always be as productive as possible and get 18-21 days off. I know that’s my goal, maybe it’s not yours.
It’s no use arguing anymore. 5:15 ACD is already a done deal. We are waisting our breath. Can’t wait to fly those 5 day trips for 5:15 per day!!
I get it, you want your cake and eat it too. You aren’t senior enough to hold weekends off on the award, so you bid reserve. I don’t have a problem with that. You do get stuck with all the slash trips on reserve because people trade out of them. I personally like them if I’m on reserve. It’s nice sitting and getting paid while on a nice layover. In my time here I have broken guarantee on reserve once, maybe twice. Reserves on our fleet just really aren’t used that much and I think you know that.
Look, if you want 5:15ACD so you can bid weekends off, that’s cool. But just know that you will be senior someday and you will be working 16 days for 84hrs. I thought a pilots dream was to always be as productive as possible and get 18-21 days off. I know that’s my goal, maybe it’s not yours.
It’s no use arguing anymore. 5:15 ACD is already a done deal. We are waisting our breath. Can’t wait to fly those 5 day trips for 5:15 per day!!
06-13-2018 | 01:51 PM
#106
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 339
Likes: 0
06-13-2018 | 05:41 PM
#109
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 6,418
Likes: 120
From: Window seat
An organization has to consider all possible options and the value of a contract extension has to be evaluated.
06-13-2018 | 05:49 PM
#110
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 339
Likes: 0
Absolutely, operational concepts are always important; and I agree that anything and everything has to be considered. I was just elucidating the fact nothing has been presented to the pilot corps, thus nothing for us to get spun up about.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
