Compass Updates 2: Revenge of the Sit
07-17-2018, 09:38 PM
#131
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Management shenanigans
Originally Posted by poorflyer
So essentially the company has access to an excuse to not staff by using Captains as FOs
Sadly, with a broken live reserve grid and availability list, there isn't much we can do to hold the company accountable for any right seat CA assignments.
07-17-2018, 10:25 PM
#132
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Originally Posted by TLDR
You nailed it. Increased upgrades, metered new hire classes, right seat qualification approval...all happening within a month of each other. I find it hard to believe that it is a coincidence.
Sadly, with a broken live reserve grid and availability list, there isn't much we can do to hold the company accountable for any right seat CA assignments.
Sadly, with a broken live reserve grid and availability list, there isn't much we can do to hold the company accountable for any right seat CA assignments.
07-17-2018, 10:48 PM
#133
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Painmaker has been down for 48 hours! Also new thread what upppp
07-17-2018, 11:03 PM
#134
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Posts: 443
Originally Posted by poorflyer
Captains will now be qualified to act as a Captain qualified First Officer. The company claims they'll only be used once FO reserves are expended, however we've been almost purposely short FOs for over a year and have had a broken reserve tracking software for longer. So essentially the company has access to an excuse to not staff by using Captains as FOs. Our last MEC allowed the company to do this and didn't advise the pilot group or let us vote on it. We gained little and the company gained a lot. Not to mention the MEC extended our contract 2 years again without our input or vote. This was essentially a lame duck act by the last MEC as they were immediately replaced and some even immediately left for another company leaving the mess for us to bare.
Edit: This is heavily opiniated post but I will say if this was voted on I would've voted no.
Edit: This is heavily opiniated post but I will say if this was voted on I would've voted no.
But seriously, I would have voted no right there with you. Although if the right seat program is now FAA approved, I'm going to laugh that the government got their act together quicker than the private sector (IOCC/Lido) did at their end.
07-17-2018, 11:04 PM
#135
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Originally Posted by nimbleNavigator
Painmaker has been down for 48 hours! Also new thread what upppp
07-18-2018, 03:24 AM
#136
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: Ca. CRJ 200
Posts: 348
Originally Posted by poorflyer
Captains will now be qualified to act as a Captain qualified First Officer. The company claims they'll only be used once FO reserves are expended, however we've been almost purposely short FOs for over a year and have had a broken reserve tracking software for longer. So essentially the company has access to an excuse to not staff by using Captains as FOs. Our last MEC allowed the company to do this and didn't advise the pilot group or let us vote on it. We gained little and the company gained a lot. Not to mention the MEC extended our contract 2 years again without our input or vote. This was essentially a lame duck act by the last MEC as they were immediately replaced and some even immediately left for another company leaving the mess for us to bare.
Edit: This is heavily opiniated post but I will say if this was voted on I would've voted no.
Edit: This is heavily opiniated post but I will say if this was voted on I would've voted no.
07-18-2018, 06:12 AM
#137
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: 777 FO
Posts: 791
Originally Posted by 42jeff
isnt compass shirt on captains anyway? seems like a knee jerk reaction to a manning issue.
07-18-2018, 06:22 AM
#138
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Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 11,481
Originally Posted by JetDoc
It is a knee jerk reaction. Remember guys and girls, FAR 117 governs everything. Most of us are blocking 85-90 hours a month anyway with not much room to add any additional flying. I think the company will find the right seat captain thing will be a complete failure and was a utter waste of time and energy.
You lose a lot more captains to the majors than you do FOs. Until upgrades match or nearly match newbie hiring, it's hard to see this being a problem.
07-18-2018, 07:20 AM
#139
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I wonder if it will be abused more on the junior manning side. Again this is all assuming the company will do some shady maneuvering of seniority and reserve lists, but it allows them to junior man a captain to an FO position because you are the most junior man "available", again weak wording in our contract.
07-18-2018, 12:15 PM
#140
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Posts: 283
Does anybody use the 5 port XLR Connection? (Airbus type) Does it provide ships power or do you still need batteries?
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