FedEx - Reserve VTO conversions?
#11
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2006
Position: 767 Cap
Posts: 1,306
Don't know about the days off deal, but I do know three 767 MEM Captains got involuntarily converted this month, as I'm one of them. I and another guy have spent a lot of effort try to get back a day off we had on our original reserve lines, and had plans for. I'll have to try the voluntary request/ days off deal this month.
#14
Does anyone know if you can even submit a line construction worksheet if you get involuntarily converted? It's not very clear.
#15
Here is how the involuntary conversion happened to me....
I was awarded an A reserve line for December. All was good until I got a crew notification less than an hour before secondary lines were released. The crew notification said something like "Due to staffing needs, you have been converted to a VTO line for December 2015." I quickly tried to submit a VTO worksheet and it wouldn't even let me open the link.
#16
Here is how the involuntary conversion happened to me....
I was awarded an A reserve line for December. All was good until I got a crew notification less than an hour before secondary lines were released. The crew notification said something like "Due to staffing needs, you have been converted to a VTO line for December 2015." I quickly tried to submit a VTO worksheet and it wouldn't even let me open the link.
I was awarded an A reserve line for December. All was good until I got a crew notification less than an hour before secondary lines were released. The crew notification said something like "Due to staffing needs, you have been converted to a VTO line for December 2015." I quickly tried to submit a VTO worksheet and it wouldn't even let me open the link.
I can't see why anyone wouldn't volunteer for a conversion if they are counting on their days off as scheduled.
#17
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2006
Position: 767 Cap
Posts: 1,306
Yep. A painful lesson, when you plan events based on your reserve line. Then, on the last Tuesday of the month, "surprise, you have a whole new schedule for next month!"
#18
#19
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2012
Posts: 711
If you get a reserve line and you want to ensure days off as awarded, submit a voluntary conversion with the exact same days off as you were already awarded. Then they can't involuntarily convert you because to involuntarily convert you, they have to honor your days off!
It's essentially a loophole that (for once) benefits the crew force.
If I were a IND 767 pilot with a reserve line and wanted the days off I bid and was awarded, I would volunteer for conversion and specify the same days off that I had. Seems like a no brainer to me, but I'm sure there will be some contract interpretation the company will use which we will then have to grieve.
I'd be interested how that works out for this coming bid month.
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