You got it backwards. The seat lock is two years period. Every variation from that was negotiated, not the other way around. Ala no negotiation or a quid that is too high means DALPA does not negotiate it.

I met the Dog Whisperer myself this week on my commute. However, we did not have the physical connection that y'all had.

I've got no problem with a 2 year seat lock for an AE. I always assumed the 9 month lock was for a guy going from domestic to international on the same (basic) airplane because some guys cannot get their sleep right internationally and they are zombies within weeks. For those guys, I've never heard of the company actually holding them to the 9 month freeze if they just wanted to go back to domestic.

The 717 is going to be its own category despite just being a differences course for some people.

Any idea when SC on ER goes from 24 to 12 hours?

When the new FTDT rules take effect, which is another year or so. It actually changes to 14 hours, not 12, and the max number of SC per month goes up to 7 from 6.

DALPA needs to try to make it 12 for all jets or we go to max 5 SC

I think it was max 8 SC when I got hired. We got it down to 6. Now we are going back up.

It has to be by Jan 4th, 2014 or so. I forgot the exact date but that's the date, or within a few days of that. The DALPA scheduling guy knew the date.

Anyone notice after we got the new contract the SC utilization went from 8-9 in the summer to 14-17. We are now at 9-11 in the slow months. It was 6 in the slow months. Now they can give us 7 SC and ALV +15.

Hmmm... maybe 80 just has an effect on people.

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