I guess the bucket system for reserves doesn't really matter anymore. The lastest crew scheds method, at least for ATL 320B, is to just put every reserve on short call every day.

 

Agreed.

I recently attended one of the survey roadshows. The issue of leading questions came up, as did the origin of some questions, e.g., CDOs. These are my takeaways. Take them for what they're worth...

1) Lots of effort went into making the questions as comprehensive and impartial as possible, but everybody will likely find one or more questions that they believe to be leading in a particular direction.

2) There was no desire on the part of the NC to have us answer a certain way. They just want to know what we think and what we want. There are a number of different directions that negotiations might go, and the more they know about what's preferable to us, the more closely they can match our desires.

3) Questions on profit sharing, CDOs, pay banding, etc. come from beliefs that these issues may be brought up in negotiations by the other side. Knowing ahead of time how we feel about them gives the MEC and NC data on how to respond.

+1

 

There was a news piece put out about 2-3 months ago giving the reason for pushing it back...I think it had to do with the Neo unveiling and time to study it. Anyway, if it gets pushed to next year, I agree with you.

Progression, it's a pay raise...right?

 

Why shouldn't they. There's nothing in the contract to prevent them from doing so. Let me guess, they're rarely if ever using them right? Our answer in the last contract was to raise the min number of SC's in high ALV months and raise the TLV to a point that makes it virtually nonexistent. Convenient.

 

And they could be replacing existing lift on a pilot negative basis. It takes a lot less 330/777 block hours to fly the same number of pax that we do in ER's, especially if all we do is take them to a select few EU hubs and they transfer from there on our "partners" to destinations we used to, and still currently, fly to ourselves directly.

 

Experts: Using PB days, it was my understanding that in the past, upon getting a reg line, a pilot could use a banked PB day to drop a trip, and then pick it back up on the very same pcs run since drops run before pickups. (as long as no one senior had a blanket WS in and would get the newly dropped trip).

Is this still possible? Or did the rules change with an LOA awhile ago? The same LOA that changed "trip parking." If I did this on a noon PCS run, can I pick up the dropped trip at noon? Or do I have to wait till the 1700 run?

 

Boeing doesn't care about us at all. They are too buzy laundering US consumer and taxpayer money through ME middlemen due to intentionally failed energy policy and our leading role in providing a global police state. They benefit on both ends, they're loving every minute of it, and our little 50 plane order is a line item joke for them.

 

I'm actually expecting some form of "help us buy airplanes" in C15. I'm sure it will be in their opener, and will probably survive in some form for our consumption/consideration.

 

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Still works. If you only have a single pb day, it'll drop the trip but only credit the first day. Sharpshoot carefully.