Zero, AF gave us the slots.

Sometimes you are a small person. Both slow and alfa DECIDED not to stay around after being asked to stay. I hope you realize that neither of us is unhappy in any way we have been looking for the exit door for a long time, I now get to work less and get paid more. But if your life is so small that it makes you happy to believe that we are weeping in our beers then go for it. This is part of the sad, pathetic politics of personal destruction that leads to a dysfunctional union unable to protect their members interests. Let's wallow in the muck a little more and see how that works for us.

I have some feedback from the calls I made. The numbers posted by Bar are correct. The company is however still in compliance with the contract so there is no direct action that can be taken at the moment. The company could meet the required flying percentages however it would require both a increase on our end and a pulldown by AF. They are not expected by the union to do that and they are expected to be in non compliance. The union intends to aggressively pursue remedies to the situation however at the moment they can't do anything. It does however provide us leverage in future JV discussions and there will have to be a penalty to the company for non compliance. At a minimum I would expect a financial penalty equal to the flying that would be required to bring the percentages into contractual compliance.

The only reason they are still in compliance is because of the relief given by the union on the window! :eek:

Never mind ... was going to say "thanks" but he again suggests that I quit working here :rolleyes:

You first. After a little calling around, you learned that in fact...You now state that you share the goal of contract compliance and I am happy to welcome you on board. ... bygones

I used that Motel 6 once. Never again. I'm a cheap ass, but I have some standards.

Section 1 is the most important part of our contract. If we can't enforce it, we are done.

Thank you for your service.

It was not an easy tenure with the issues we faced as a pilot group. The team leaves a strong legacy of tangible results, especially when measured by the datum of our peer group over the same period of time.

While we vigorously debate the issues and occasionally disagree, we always share a common goal of doing our best to improve the job protections, pay and working conditions of our pilots.

Among ALPA members, we are always among friends.

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