Easter Meltdown
#541
Reroutes need to be more expensive for the company, period. Cost drives all long term decisions. We are all effectively on reserve now for the footprint of our trips. As the "need" to cover flying grows, so will the practice unless there is a conscious decision by management to reduce it. The only motivator is $$$.
#542
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Position: 320B
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I’m not coming at you, nor am I necessarily defending Drum, but this is the second time you’ve mentioned “change of plans”. I totally agree that the company has a business to run and my paychecks always say Delta on them. I totally get that.
But at what point does it go to far? When you’re 20% and get rerouted out of all 3 layovers on a 4 day? When you bid 30 hour layovers at home and get rerouted out of SIX IN A ROW. Why bother bidding at all? It’s ridiculous.
I am more than happy to flex my schedule for the company, and honestly just at rotation guarantee, but they aren’t operating in good faith. Losing your 30 hour, that you bid for, because the Sodomizer predicts less than 30 minute connect time is BS.
But at what point does it go to far? When you’re 20% and get rerouted out of all 3 layovers on a 4 day? When you bid 30 hour layovers at home and get rerouted out of SIX IN A ROW. Why bother bidding at all? It’s ridiculous.
I am more than happy to flex my schedule for the company, and honestly just at rotation guarantee, but they aren’t operating in good faith. Losing your 30 hour, that you bid for, because the Sodomizer predicts less than 30 minute connect time is BS.
#543
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Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: B737 FO
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With all this talk of reroutes I have a question. If you divert for weather, time-out, and then are rerouted and finish your trip more than 4 hours later than originally scheduled you get nothing except whatever extra block you flew right? I know the language seems pretty straight forward, but then again I've been wrong before.
#544
Bergman is correct. I don't commute, but I think we should have positive space commuting. One doesn't need to have had bad reroutes to see our reroute language sucks. The fact that our union tells us to send them the reroutes to ensure it's paid out correctly, is enough to know it sucks.
#545
As I recently said to someone else, you lead a charmed life my friend. I’m on the ER now and have been rerouted 3 times in the last 30 days. For no extra pay. I did get one day dropped. YMMV. Happy you’ve had better luck, but that doesn’t mean pilots aren’t getting worked over.
#546
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Joined APC: Oct 2011
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As I recently said to someone else, you lead a charmed life my friend. I’m on the ER now and have been rerouted 3 times in the last 30 days. For no extra pay. I did get one day dropped. YMMV. Happy you’ve had better luck, but that doesn’t mean pilots aren’t getting worked over.
Reroute language definitely needs improvement.
#547
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#548
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[Edit - Denny is a way faster typer 😁]
#549
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Its is actually possible to have a reroute reduce pay and I had it happen more than once. It has always been quite common to get rerouted going through major hubs. 25 years ago we used to bet each other if we would get a reroute going through ATL. The way you lose money is if early in the rotation you have made a bunch of time increasing the value of the rotation and then you get rerouted. You are only guaranteed the original value. I don’t recall anyone really *****ing about reroutes back then because most of us considered it part of working for a airline. We didn’t get all the extra pay awarded now either as the contract simply paid you your original trip or the value of the reroute whichever was higher at straight rates. I was once rerouted from a turn into what ended up being 7 days. No premium pay. The SO did try and expense purchasing additional underwear but was denied!
#550
Its is actually possible to have a reroute reduce pay and I had it happen more than once. It has always been quite common to get rerouted going through major hubs. 25 years ago we used to bet each other if we would get a reroute going through ATL. The way you lose money is if early in the rotation you have made a bunch of time increasing the value of the rotation and then you get rerouted. You are only guaranteed the original value. I don’t recall anyone really *****ing about reroutes back then because most of us considered it part of working for a airline. We didn’t get all the extra pay awarded now either as the contract simply paid you your original trip or the value of the reroute whichever was higher at straight rates. I was once rerouted from a turn into what ended up being 7 days. No premium pay. The SO did try and expense purchasing additional underwear but was denied!
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