IA Calls
05-13-2023 | 03:19 AM
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How it should work is:
CS initiates coverage, that process runs through all the steps on the ladder…. If at any time they (CS) abandon the coverage ladder and use reroute or IA to cover the flight, so be it. But, the ARCOS coverage should continue, and the first pilot to accept the trip (that was already covered) gets pay protection. Not just the senior pilot, but the senior pilot who actually accepted/acknowledges the trip via ARCOS. I think that would generate some much needed transparency in the trip coverage.
Maybe it’s time for some union representatives to sit in crew scheduling and observe, perhaps abandoning the coverage ladder should require union notification and concurrence…in real time. There’s no telling how much $ we could capture, that currently takes months to recover.
CS initiates coverage, that process runs through all the steps on the ladder…. If at any time they (CS) abandon the coverage ladder and use reroute or IA to cover the flight, so be it. But, the ARCOS coverage should continue, and the first pilot to accept the trip (that was already covered) gets pay protection. Not just the senior pilot, but the senior pilot who actually accepted/acknowledges the trip via ARCOS. I think that would generate some much needed transparency in the trip coverage.
Maybe it’s time for some union representatives to sit in crew scheduling and observe, perhaps abandoning the coverage ladder should require union notification and concurrence…in real time. There’s no telling how much $ we could capture, that currently takes months to recover.
We currently have a Scheduling Rep who sits over with CS and puts out fires left and right. Typically there during normal business hours during the work week.
Also, determining an M.7 isn’t as simple as paying the most senior guy on the trip coverage report. It’s as standardized as possible and dependent on timeline and sequence of events.
05-13-2023 | 08:12 AM
#62
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That's cool but we need that same level of QC outside of banker's hours way more as that's when things tend to hit the fan.
05-14-2023 | 10:11 AM
#63
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Some really great points here: running it earlier & allowing ARCOS to continue calling no matter what, and paying senior acknowledgee, but there’s another opportunity to play games (if it’s past report just say Accept). Also batch size increase quid pro quo. Good discourse.
05-17-2023 | 08:46 AM
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05-17-2023 | 08:57 AM
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05-17-2023 | 09:01 AM
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I think OPs idea was for the phone to not ring at all. If you have no intention of flying an IA, why even get bothered by the phone ringing at all hours of the day/night?
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