Openers today?
05-18-2026 | 08:37 AM
#1411
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The problem is the company is in a vicious cycle of their own making. It took a long time to slowly work into the situation they've got today, and it's going to take a long time to dig out. In fact I'm not even sure they can dig out without PWA modifications via our next contract.
100% agree with this and all of your post. I should have clarified in my post, that I agree that this is mostly a problem of their own making. My original post was simply stating that RG is right on one thing, behaviors have changed drastically and its easy to see. Those changes are a direct result of their decisions, but there have been significant changes and the company has reacted poorly to them.
05-18-2026 | 08:39 AM
#1412
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Kinda surprised we haven't seen a comm out after the Special MEC meeting.. I thought they would at least said something.
I'm going with we're not getting a quick deal now. The timing won't work for fixing the summer (it wouldn't really be in effect until August 1st with getting info out, voting window, etc) By then, the bulk of the summer is done.
I'm going with we're not getting a quick deal now. The timing won't work for fixing the summer (it wouldn't really be in effect until August 1st with getting info out, voting window, etc) By then, the bulk of the summer is done.
But the optimism seemed low…
05-18-2026 | 09:00 AM
#1413
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In the latest Approach podcast released this week, RG mentions how they've seen excessive open time due to "pilot behavior", schedule manipulation or otherwise, and they're trying to get back to "pre-November" levels. However, my observation is that scheduling is increasingly chopping up leftover bid packet trips to use 3, 4, 5 or more pilots to cover trips that one of those pilots would have been eligible to cover in its entirety. My question is, are these artificially created broken trip numbers being incorrectly counted towards the pilot behavior metric that RG is communicating to management?
05-18-2026 | 09:43 AM
#1414
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so frustrating, because we want this company to succeed, and stay on top. But I fear it is inevitable with this management that we will not.
We can’t dine out on our reputation much longer. Sooner or later we are going to get stuck with a very ugly bill.
05-18-2026 | 10:04 AM
#1415
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It’s so infuriating how they gaslight us, and completely avoid all accountability or responsibility, as if we aren’t paying attention. “Don’t believe your lying eyes”.
so frustrating, because we want this company to succeed, and stay on top. But I fear it is inevitable with this management that we will not.
We can’t dine out on our reputation much longer. Sooner or later we are going to get stuck with a very ugly bill.
so frustrating, because we want this company to succeed, and stay on top. But I fear it is inevitable with this management that we will not.
We can’t dine out on our reputation much longer. Sooner or later we are going to get stuck with a very ugly bill.
05-18-2026 | 10:35 AM
#1416
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From: Pilot
People doing close-in swapping aren't affected by SS. Generally they are taking a trip on their line later in the month and swapping it for broken trips that pop up between 0700 2 days prior and 0700 a day prior. No 0XXX rotations are tagged as SS.
05-18-2026 | 10:39 AM
#1417
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Ah, so they're wildcard swapping?
05-18-2026 | 10:55 AM
#1418
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05-18-2026 | 11:02 AM
#1419
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So be it.
05-18-2026 | 11:23 AM
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Kinda surprised we haven't seen a comm out after the Special MEC meeting.. I thought they would at least said something.
I'm going with we're not getting a quick deal now. The timing won't work for fixing the summer (it wouldn't really be in effect until August 1st with getting info out, voting window, etc) By then, the bulk of the summer is done.
I'm going with we're not getting a quick deal now. The timing won't work for fixing the summer (it wouldn't really be in effect until August 1st with getting info out, voting window, etc) By then, the bulk of the summer is done.
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