OVBIII

Do y’all know if there is a “reasons”report on vacation award? I had 2 weeks to use (due to PVD this year). One week was awarded on my 2nd choice. Then the week I had selected for my 3rd choice wasn’t awarded...then on the “remaining weeks” pdf is the week I had for my 3rd choice. I looked over my 1st bid and I didn’t see any glaring problems. Any ideas?

Erroneous

So you are comparing me, using all my vacation days per union request, to someone who crosses a pickets line?

AAfng

The floaters will be the first ones to complain about not getting a great contract

aa73

I am genuinely sorry to hear about your child. There are plenty of other ways to get paid time off to be with your child, other than floating. I know many pilots who did just that.

The comparison, while not referring to a true scab, has a lot of validity. Because if the union can’t count on you to comply with a simple request, when CAN they count on you?

The bottom line is this... when your union asks you for unity and sacrifice, you comply and endure it together... because we all know that the company fears a unified pilot group the most. You find ways to deal with what you have to deal with... but you comply.

The union asked you to BID all your vacation and use it. That means, no floating. The union did not ask, Float your vacation and take them as PVDs. They did this to show a force of unity on the vacation awards by displaying a long row of Zeros under the float column. It was a simple enough request.

By floating you are basically telling the company that, hey, I don’t really agree with what the union is doing, and I’m gonna kind of do my own thing... how else can I help?

The excuses I’m hearing from floaters are...well, let’s just put it this way, nothing new.

Subpilot

I got hired this year and I have never hear a peep about this no float campaign. Where are all of you hearing about this and what am I missing?

OVBIII

Double check which email the Union has on file for you. That’s where I’ve been receiving all the take you vacation emails.

Subpilot

Just Checked. Everything correct. Maybe they don’t put probie pilots on the email list?

ORDinary

Newbie here with the same problem. I did that, and I emailed the union to make sure my settings were all correct. Since then I've received two emails telling me there are upcoming BOD meetings, and nothing else for months.

MySaabStory

No email either. I support our union but had no clue about the request not to float. They havemy correct email and it’s not in spam either.

OVBIII

I’m clueless then y’all. Sorry that is happening, out of curiosity, have y’all switched domiciles or anything? I wonder if that has anything to do with it. (Still it’s all strange that some haven’t received all the info)