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I agree with you guys. We should stay at better Hotels that require a shorter van ride, that are in the good downtown areas, but if the downtown is not good, the good suburban areas. :rolleyes:

Hmmmm - I don't see 12,000 + guys agreeing on any of this.

But seriously, the AIRTRAIN? :eek:

Scoop :)

I also just read the letter. You will now be on a continuous 2 hour leash to acknowledge all long call assignments. No more sleeping through night. No more being out of contact for more than 2 hours. This will seriously effect the quality of life for reserve pilots. You will not even be able to commute to reserve inside of your 12 hours if your flight is longer than 2 hours. Letter on the way to my rep.

Who complained about the CLT layover? I sure didn't see it.

BTW CLT is an awesome downtown, why aren't we there? (posted on previous page)

What's cute is that they think this plan will work. Sorry, but they signed a contract. They have to honor it. If they need a change, they'll have to give something up for it. :D It's not like Pt 117 snuck up on them.

Maybe negotiate a 10-hour rest period following an assignment, upon completion of that period then the longcall leash starts. Leave it to NWA to wring every drop out of 117 and abrogate the PWA. Sorry, meant to write DAL, most understand.

+ 100. Contract is a contract. Same stance they took when outsourcing to an airline that didn't want to be bought, ultimately helping our competitors build a stronger network while displacing hundreds of pilots across the nation on the eve of unprecedented hiring. Fk em.

That thing's a bit wordy for me, but is this the gist of it?

You are on long call reserve. They could, with 2 hours notice convert you to short call, and then give you a trip with a 2 hour report. Basically giving a long-call guy a trip that signs in 4 hours from the first attempted contact?

If that is right, then there is no longer any such thing as long-call reserve.

E-mail on the way. I don't care what DALPA thinks they can get in return, this is a no-go item.

No I don't think I they can do that. What's key here is that a pilot must ACKNOWLEDGE an assignment in order for rest to begin. And 10 hours rest is needed before any assignment, SC or trip. So basically under today's rules we can accept the assignment as little as 3 hours prior to report. IOW, be un-contactable for the first 9 hours of the 12 hour window. But now we would have to accept NLT 10 hours prior to report or the beginning of SC.

That's how I understand it. Which could still be an incorrect interpretation. :p

GMAB. Who made you arbiter over what should be discussed here? I don't layover in CLT so it's a non-issue to me, but I respect a pilot's right to complain. If you don't like it here take another vacation. No one will care.

What I do care about is the fact that one person---the DALPA Hotel Committee Chair---unilaterally waived my right to a downtown layover in NYC. The new cutoff is 15 hours v 12 hours. I was never polled on this. Were you? Each pilot individually should be able to decide.

Says who? You? GMAB. Get over yourself.

Let's stop right there. As you said this is a CONTRACTUAL matter. Flight Ops has stated they will intentionally violate the CONTRACT. What's your worry here? That they will be able to do this indefinitely? Even DALPA could win a grievance over this issue. Every single pilot who was assigned a trip illegally would likely get assignment pay.

This is just a management paper tiger. They love to throw up false issues to keep us distracted.

Isn't the rule "fly now, grieve later"? Will some pilots be illegally assigned? It sounds like that's their intent. Will there be a remedy? Absolutely. Is this something to sound the general alarm over? NO. I'm not saying it's a non-issue.

Oh, and what type of "strong response" are you expecting? New lanyards? A terse letter from Marie?