Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1536602)

DALPA has responded to Dickson's letter ---

The MEC Contract Administration Committee put this out yesterday afternoon:

Q. Do you feel the new long call acknowledgement policy outlined in the Flight Operations All Pilots Letter dated December 6, 2013 complies with our contract?
A. The Company and the Association disagree about FAR 117’s interaction with the mutually negotiated provisions of the PWA.
• The Company believes the PWA language says that a pilot must make himself available for a trip that is placed on his line 12 hours prior to report and that the new FAR 117 prospective rest requirement changes the timeline under which a pilot is expected to acknowledge an assignment.
• The Association believes the PWA language with regards to acknowledgement remains unchanged and that the required prospective rest period cannot begin until after a pilot has acknowledged an assigned trip or short call conversion.

Q. What guidance would you give the pilot group concerning the requirement for a long call pilot to acknowledge a trip or short call within 2 hours of assignment? Since it appears to be in direct violation of our contract as it exist today.
A. As stated above, the Association believes the PWA language with regards to acknowledgement remains unchanged and that the required prospective rest period cannot begin until after a pilot has acknowledged an assigned trip or short call conversion.


Q. What ramifications could a pilot expect for following the contract vs the Flight Operations All Pilots letter?
A. If a pilot’s schedule or pay were to be negatively impacted as the result of complying with our contract, the pilot should prepare to file a grievance. The Delta MEC’s Contract Administration Committee will help you work through the process but the basic steps are:
1. Contact your LEC representatives, go to your chief pilot and request any necessary corrections.
2. If the request is denied, contact Contract Administration and they will help you write a grievance.

Originally Posted by APCLurker (Post 1536706)

This was very nice to read this morning.

Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1536626)

I am the .00000000001%

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1536602)

DALPA has responded to Dickson's letter ---

The MEC Contract Administration Committee put this out yesterday afternoon:

Q. Do you feel the new long call acknowledgement policy outlined in the Flight Operations All Pilots Letter dated December 6, 2013 complies with our contract?
A. The Company and the Association disagree about FAR 117’s interaction with the mutually negotiated provisions of the PWA.
• The Company believes the PWA language says that a pilot must make himself available for a trip that is placed on his line 12 hours prior to report and that the new FAR 117 prospective rest requirement changes the timeline under which a pilot is expected to acknowledge an assignment.
• The Association believes the PWA language with regards to acknowledgement remains unchanged and that the required prospective rest period cannot begin until after a pilot has acknowledged an assigned trip or short call conversion.

Q. What guidance would you give the pilot group concerning the requirement for a long call pilot to acknowledge a trip or short call within 2 hours of assignment? Since it appears to be in direct violation of our contract as it exist today.
A. As stated above, the Association believes the PWA language with regards to acknowledgement remains unchanged and that the required prospective rest period cannot begin until after a pilot has acknowledged an assigned trip or short call conversion.


Q. What ramifications could a pilot expect for following the contract vs the Flight Operations All Pilots letter?
A. If a pilot’s schedule or pay were to be negatively impacted as the result of complying with our contract, the pilot should prepare to file a grievance. The Delta MEC’s Contract Administration Committee will help you work through the process but the basic steps are:
1. Contact your LEC representatives, go to your chief pilot and request any necessary corrections.
2. If the request is denied, contact Contract Administration and they will help you write a grievance.

Originally Posted by Sink r8 (Post 1536732)

Bohica,

Be quiet, FNG! :)

It's going to suck a lot more if we do this fast, as opposed to doing it right. If we need to complaint, and vent, let's do it from the comfort of our CPO's office, where we calmly but firmly tell them they're [deleted] us, we know they're [deleted] us to drive us to a quick result, but all they're buying themselves is an unhappy pilot group. When they push, they should get pushback, not panic.

So, I'm afraid you might have to suck it up a bit, FNG. You're not alone.

Originally Posted by CVG767A (Post 1536726)

Yo, T. I think we have the same kind of phone.

http://pictures.hatsrack.com/Old%20A...s/BagPhone.jpg

Originally Posted by bohicagain (Post 1536725)

As a soon to be FNG about to be on reserve this stinks.
Company wants it one way while Union disagrees and a probie stuck in the middle

Originally Posted by bohicagain (Post 1536743)

I agree I will suck it up.
The contract letter is spot on. I was head of Compass contract a couple of years ago and have seen a change in the interpretation of the Contract affect everyeone including FNG guy who is just happy to be there goes along with said change without any question. I just would not want any company using the excuse the new guys are ok with it and complying why aren't the rest.

I will go back in my FNG hole and come out when I'm a just a FG