FDX pilots get 6:00 DPM now. They also get 6:00 per vacation day.....

It is doable.

When they went to the upgraded PBS system that allowed us to add reserve bidding, they lost some of the historical bid data. They did warn us in advance that this might happen and told us to manually copy down any bids we may want in the future. Not all of the months data seemed to be lost, but I also am missing last November and December bids. I forgot to manually copy mine down even though I read the e-mail telling us to do so.

Yes doable....they also get over $250/hr and have a DC retirement......apples and oranges. Been doing this now for 22 years now; what do you want to give up?

How about crew meals? Opps.....Hats?

I know you didn't ask, but if you want some unsolicited advice, I would recommend that you find out what committee work needs to be done. I would ask about R+I, scheduling, DPN, or Contract admin and get into the office a little. Meet the people running the administration, get to know the MEC reps, learn a little about the organization. After a while, you can even help shape the decisions that are made.

I think you will find that it is easier to run when your name has been out there for a while. Also, you will probably be a much more effective rep by learning from the ground up, rather than starting off as an LEC rep.

I am sure that the newly elected reps appreciate your reaction to the election, lesser people would go off and sulk or lash out. Please don't give up.

I believe enough has been given up already hasnt it??? :confused:

Agreed, hopefully we swung that pendulum to the max and are headed in the other direction.

You can email (include your employee number) the PBS committee and they will send you your reasons report for the requested months.

Keep in mind that the programming has changed since then and some commands may not work the same.

Another Reserver Question
 

Can a pilot in an international category that has domestic flying for the month be put on domestic short call i.e. 12 hours instead of 24 hours?

In NYC or ATL if you have one day of reserve either do to the end of the month or MLOA can you be assigned a short call of only 12 hours instead of 24 hours?

We've all heard the gouge on the Virginia Avenue experience for those that go to training on the DAL-S campus. Does anyone care to give us DAL-S guys the gouge on the NWA training in MSP and what we can expect if we end up going to 320 school here in a couple of months. There are a few of us MD-90 guys in SLC that might just end up there this spring.