If we are willing to give up the 1 for 3.5 in the contract I am sure the company will be glad to build lots of 5 day trips. If we keep it the rotations have to be built to close to FAR's for the companies liking. Lots of pilots would have to be pulled off in day 5 and paid for the flying.
There's that "give up" attitude again. I know that they start off by "giving" us a pot of money and then we have to divvy up our demands based costs etc. How about we approach them first listing our demands and let them figure out how to pay for it.
Executive compensation doesn't seem to be suffering but the average airline employee seems to be making the same $$ today that they did 10 years ago. It's great to have a good rapport with management but that doesn't mean we have to bend over whenever they say so.
Okay, can we please adopt 5 day trips in NYC like in the NWA bases? When you look at their lines they have to be the most uncommutable trips in the system- even if you live in NYC. Try a EWR 0510 sign in and 2347 end. Not exactly ideal if don't live in NJ.
Back to looking at my MD preferences. I guess I could go to MD but ironically most of my flying will be 1 leg to ATL early morning, all ATL flying, 1 leg back to NY late night. Why can't I just stay here?
Actually, because of the beauty of the MD system I might just bid to have some fun. If you can't be with the one you want, be with the one your seniority can hold.
Can we get the scheduling committee to see if they can't build some more commutable lines in NYC. With most of the guys being commuters, the lines don't seem to be very commutable. If that means going to 5 days, so be it.
05-11-2024
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If you can't be with the one you want, be with the one your seniority can hold.
