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I don't know what happened to the 330NEO they told Airbus to build. Recent comments from RA indicate it's down to the 787 and A350. I'm sure they are looking very closely at the performance of the 787-900 that VA is flying to ATL, no coincidence I'm sure... you know guys with DAL I.D.'s and khakis are probably all over that thing every time it lands-- looking at MX, fuel burn, pax and ground handling issues. I'd be very surprised if an order doesn't come in the next 3 weeks.
Once you notify the company of your jury duty, they are obligated to ensure you are available to perform your legal duties. They can accomplish that several ways.
1. They can drop the entire trip that conflicts with your jury duty.
2. They can drop a portion of the trip in an effort to deconflict the jury duty.
3. If you notify them prior to the close of PBS bidding for the affected month, they have the option to pre-post known legal duty leave on some or all of the days you have jury duty. These pre-posted days have a value of 5:15 per day. (This was the new part under C2012 that did not previously exist) They can choose to not pre-post in hopes that there will be little to no conflict with your PBS award, but they then run the risk of you being awarded a big fat trip that conflicts. It is the company's choice to make.
You are pay protected in the above scenarios for the entire scheduled value of what was dropped as long as you let the company know about your jury duty as soon as you find out about it. If the summons shows up at the house and you sit on it for a couple of weeks before letting the company know, they are within their rights to not pay you for the time dropped to allow you to perform your legal duties. They still have to let you off for it though. The company can also reach out to the court to seek your release from jury duty, although this is not a very common occurrence.
That's not true...I will be happy to debate this with you and you will lose. I had a multiple day jury duty mailed and received after scheduled posted...it was for duty in less than three weeks. Alerted the CPSC and was told to bring it in next time through and no big deal...missed the opportunity to get it to the office and the next trip through but did the following time. Was contacted by the CPO and asked when did I receive the notice and why did I not bid around it? After being scolded on the topic, I informed him of the post mark and reception period...crawfishing ensued and was told that they would "consider it"...when contacting them the next week in regard to whether or not I was going to be covered, I was told that two of my four day trip was PD'd and that they were not going to pay me. When I asked about being covered if chosen for jury duty, I was told that I WOULD be covered due to it being a situation out of my control. I spoke with DALPA folks on the phone and was told that this was a NEW part of the contract. To my own fault, I discovered an article in either the ROAR or WIDGET that spoke of this change. The point of my diatribe is to let other folks know that you better get the notification in ASAP...the sooner the better. The CPO is NOT looking out for pilots ALL THE TIME...
C. Jury Duty and Subpoenaed Witnesses
1. Upon receipt of notification that his name has been placed on a jury selection list or he has been subpoenaed to be a witness as a result of his employment, the pilot will immediately notify his Base Chief Pilot. The Company reserves the right to intervene with the appropriate authorities to seek release from or deferral of any such jury duty or appearance.
2. When serving as provided in Paragraph C.1., a pilot shall be paid and credited as follows:
a. A regular line of time holder shall receive flying pay and credit for those flights shown on his line of time on a scheduled basis.
b. A reserve line of time holder shall receive pay and credit equal to one-thirtieth (1/30th) or one-thirty-first (1/31st) of his appropriate monthly reserve guarantee, as provided under Section 4 (Minimum Pay Guarantees) for each day of reserve held during a month.
c. An unassigned pilot shall be paid and credited as provided under Section 4 (Minimum Pay Guarantees).
3. When a pilot is subpoenaed as a witness due to circumstances other than those specified in Paragraph C.1., he may, operations permitting, be granted authorized leave if available, change of X-days, or personal drop whichever is appropriate in order to appear as a witness. In the event the pilot uses personal trip drop privileges his maximum projected time for pick-up shall not be reduced.
4. Failure to comply with Paragraph C.1. of this Section releases the Company from all obligations under Paragraph C.2. of this Section.
I didn't bother looking back further than 1990. The ROE on this has been the same for a long time. It sounds like you got led down the primrose path by some bad guidance from the PSC. I can say from personal experience that when you call the PSC to notify them of your jury duty, they should (and did with me) give you a fax number and/or email address to forward a copy of the summons to them pronto. It is my impression that they compare the date on the summons to the date they are receiving it and as long as it is within a reasonable time period, you are getting paid. They should never have told you to bring it in when you come for a trip because that set you up for a problem in my opinion because I believe the official notification would be their receipt of the summons and not your phone call. That stinks that it played out like that for you and should be a lesson to us all. Thank you for sharing!
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Base Chief Pilot. The Company reserves the right to intervene with the appropriate authorities to seek release from or deferral of any such jury duty or appearance.
Wonder how this is received with the judiciary since I thought jury duty is somewhat of a civic duty. It's not as if we are in a critical manning position.
Wonder how this is received with the judiciary since I thought jury duty is somewhat of a civic duty. It's not as if we are in a critical manning position.
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I don't doubt that our order will be very underwhelming. I suspect in 10 years will have less widebodies than today. As long as our partners re-fleet and grow there is no reason for us to. We can be the US feed for our partners until we allow skywest and republic to codeshare with their MRJ and C series orders.
Base Chief Pilot. The Company reserves the right to intervene with the appropriate authorities to seek release from or deferral of any such jury duty or appearance.
Wonder how this is received with the judiciary since I thought jury duty is somewhat of a civic duty. It's not as if we are in a critical manning position.
Wonder how this is received with the judiciary since I thought jury duty is somewhat of a civic duty. It's not as if we are in a critical manning position.
While I don't doubt for second that this is what happened to you, that language has not changed. I went looking and found the following language from Contract 1990, emphasis mine:
C. Jury Duty and Subpoenaed Witnesses
1. Upon receipt of notification that his name has been placed on a jury selection list or he has been subpoenaed to be a witness as a result of his employment, the pilot will immediately notify his Base Chief Pilot. The Company reserves the right to intervene with the appropriate authorities to seek release from or deferral of any such jury duty or appearance.
2. When serving as provided in Paragraph C.1., a pilot shall be paid and credited as follows:
a. A regular line of time holder shall receive flying pay and credit for those flights shown on his line of time on a scheduled basis.
b. A reserve line of time holder shall receive pay and credit equal to one-thirtieth (1/30th) or one-thirty-first (1/31st) of his appropriate monthly reserve guarantee, as provided under Section 4 (Minimum Pay Guarantees) for each day of reserve held during a month.
c. An unassigned pilot shall be paid and credited as provided under Section 4 (Minimum Pay Guarantees).
3. When a pilot is subpoenaed as a witness due to circumstances other than those specified in Paragraph C.1., he may, operations permitting, be granted authorized leave if available, change of X-days, or personal drop whichever is appropriate in order to appear as a witness. In the event the pilot uses personal trip drop privileges his maximum projected time for pick-up shall not be reduced.
4. Failure to comply with Paragraph C.1. of this Section releases the Company from all obligations under Paragraph C.2. of this Section.
I didn't bother looking back further than 1990. The ROE on this has been the same for a long time. It sounds like you got led down the primrose path by some bad guidance from the PSC. I can say from personal experience that when you call the PSC to notify them of your jury duty, they should (and did with me) give you a fax number and/or email address to forward a copy of the summons to them pronto. It is my impression that they compare the date on the summons to the date they are receiving it and as long as it is within a reasonable time period, you are getting paid. They should never have told you to bring it in when you come for a trip because that set you up for a problem in my opinion because I believe the official notification would be their receipt of the summons and not your phone call. That stinks that it played out like that for you and should be a lesson to us all. Thank you for sharing!
C. Jury Duty and Subpoenaed Witnesses
1. Upon receipt of notification that his name has been placed on a jury selection list or he has been subpoenaed to be a witness as a result of his employment, the pilot will immediately notify his Base Chief Pilot. The Company reserves the right to intervene with the appropriate authorities to seek release from or deferral of any such jury duty or appearance.
2. When serving as provided in Paragraph C.1., a pilot shall be paid and credited as follows:
a. A regular line of time holder shall receive flying pay and credit for those flights shown on his line of time on a scheduled basis.
b. A reserve line of time holder shall receive pay and credit equal to one-thirtieth (1/30th) or one-thirty-first (1/31st) of his appropriate monthly reserve guarantee, as provided under Section 4 (Minimum Pay Guarantees) for each day of reserve held during a month.
c. An unassigned pilot shall be paid and credited as provided under Section 4 (Minimum Pay Guarantees).
3. When a pilot is subpoenaed as a witness due to circumstances other than those specified in Paragraph C.1., he may, operations permitting, be granted authorized leave if available, change of X-days, or personal drop whichever is appropriate in order to appear as a witness. In the event the pilot uses personal trip drop privileges his maximum projected time for pick-up shall not be reduced.
4. Failure to comply with Paragraph C.1. of this Section releases the Company from all obligations under Paragraph C.2. of this Section.
I didn't bother looking back further than 1990. The ROE on this has been the same for a long time. It sounds like you got led down the primrose path by some bad guidance from the PSC. I can say from personal experience that when you call the PSC to notify them of your jury duty, they should (and did with me) give you a fax number and/or email address to forward a copy of the summons to them pronto. It is my impression that they compare the date on the summons to the date they are receiving it and as long as it is within a reasonable time period, you are getting paid. They should never have told you to bring it in when you come for a trip because that set you up for a problem in my opinion because I believe the official notification would be their receipt of the summons and not your phone call. That stinks that it played out like that for you and should be a lesson to us all. Thank you for sharing!
Anybody have any recent experience with our passport vendor? Need to know whether they really take the full 10 business days to get a new primary passport to you.
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Google Passport Bureau and you can get locations and times of service. Also no fees to third party vendors.
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