Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1432839)

Think about the new combined american.. a network that is smaller than ours, covers much less of the globe, but with thousands upon thousands more employees than we have... there are A LOT of synergies that are going to be happen there. And neither of them are PBS and are going to PBS. The waist tightening we've felt the past few years is going to be nothing like how hard that belt is going to be pulled over there.

Originally Posted by Herkflyr (Post 1433030)

ALPA could NOT do that. The RLA is very specific. A union (or company for that matter) cannot authorize "self help" until very specific points in time. You MUST have been sent to a 30 day cooling-off period--from a NMB mediator--and then that must have come to its expiration. Then and only then can the union explicitly state "we are directing a withholding of service, and we are defining that as no green slips until further directed."

If we are under the umbrella of the RLA, we have to adhere to ALL the provisions of it--not just the ones that are convenient to us today. That means NO self-help, no grass-roots "hey don't fly GS this month" or "hey, lets all call in sick" (a la the APA and their sickout) unless specifically and clearly called for by your union leadership as explicitly permitted by the RLA--as excruciating as that might be at times.

By the way, that does not mean that you MUST fly O/T.

Originally Posted by il0101 (Post 1433163)

I have never used an APD before, but I just got one awarded for next month over 2 days of reserve. I am a very junior reserve guy that has lately been flying ALV plus each month. I was looking at the new PCS option for adding a day of reserve to recover the hit in pay. Does anyone know much about that process? I assume that if I plug in those 2 days I just got off in my month elsewhere that they will fly me on those days off and it should all equal out? Is there a better way to try to even out the pay hit?

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1433130)

Denny-
Your example is accurate but consider the effect when you are able to break a week's vacation into individual days and sprinkle them around between your trips.
I don't guess I'm smart enough to describe a specific PBS example but it just seems intuitively obvious that this is going to make it easier to build more efficient lines around vacations.
The way it is now, the blocked week of vacation is put on your schedule first and the trips have to fit around it. With "vacation any" you build the schedule first and then PBS just puts individual vacation days on your days off. Its like you don't even have a "vacation". You need the days off for FAR rest anyway. Now you'll be able to call it vacation and a 24 in 7 break all in one. It becomes much easier to build a line and especially to build a line to the upper end of the construction window.
Seems like white slipping to 120 hours will also become easier if you don't have solid weeks blocked off.

Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1433171)

You cannot fly on the APD days, no matter what.

Is that what you are asking? Or are you asking about adding a reserve day?

Originally Posted by capncrunch (Post 1433055)

AK Air is only 1500 pilots. As long as ALPA does not allow their scope on our property, I think we can assimilate them easy enough.

Originally Posted by block30 (Post 1433148)

As in the captain who recently retired number one on the list? Just curious. Thanks.

Originally Posted by SawF16 (Post 1433010)

Has anyone got the name of a good proctologist in MSP? I had an unfortunate, er, episode with my pet iguana last night.

Oh, and I neglected to log myself off in the crew lounge.

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1433132)

more hand flying coming to the 88 as a training emphasis. kind of the opposite of vnav only and watch her fly herself. kind if like it.