You may praise or condemn the choices that other pilots make which are allowed by the contract, but forum rules, to which you all agreed, forbid personally insulting those pilots. Thank you.

 

I actually think the opposite will happen. They will chalk up the cancellations to bad weather and other factors and actually decrease staffing a little more next summer. I don’t think there has been enough pain yet to cause them to staff up the airline.

 

Lol, the cynicism is real folks.

I'm not saying you're wrong.

 

I'm 99% certain that the company updated their reserve release policy to release all unused pilots at 1200 the day prior to both an XX and ** day, but I can't find it written. Does this include SC pilots who are still in the middle of their SC obligation? If so, can somebody please point out the memo or contractual reference?

Asking because I asked to be released at noon the other day and the scheduler seemed surprised I was calling since I wasn't supposed to be done for another 4 hours. He still released me but I'd rather have contractual language than scheduler whims to determine when I'm released.

 

That would be news to me but if there’s a reference please share. My understanding is still ask going into X days and automatically released going in to hard days (* or VA etc.)

 

[QUOTE=gopher3;2868027]I have been junior with far worse manning then we have now. I always managed to be able to use the contract to get time off. We just had a long thread about doing just that. I would also submit that feeling you have a right to work less during your employer’s busiest time is perhaps a unrealistic expectation. You are kind of getting into the whole concept of having a job.
I have also noticed that if you look at the schedules of the guys who complain the most you often find they work the least.

 

[QUOTE=sailingfun;2868183]We must work for different airlines. If you are stating that quality of life is better now in the post bankruptcy era....im not buying. 75 hour cap, touching trip vacations etc. There is no doubt i am working more and harder now than in any point in my 20 years here. And its getting worse. The real downward spiral started with Far 117. And we continue to give away efficiencies and productivity. Im not a kill the goose guy, but some moderation/balance would be nice for a change. I walk into the nyc cpo and the banner says im the greatest pilot in the world. Sorry to rant, i need to go and put in my white slips/green slips. You must be one of the 10 percenters who always fall into the good deals here when they occur. Good for you. But most of us dont.

 

They published this in a flight ops weekly email a few months ago. There was even a thread on here about it. To my knowledge there is no contractual language supporting their change and I don't recall ever hearing a peep from ALPA when the company announced it.

 

Found it—Weekly Update Dec 5 2018:


Reserve Pilot Change
On Monday, December 10, 2018 we will be loading a change to Reserve Pilots going into a Soft Non-Fly Day.
Reserve pilots on long call will be released either at 12:00pm base local OR following the end of SC or rotation (whichever is later). This release will be indicated by designated rest on your schedule.
CNO will notify pilots on long call and short call as early as 0800 base local. CNO will notify pilots on a rotation upon block-in prior to release.
The goal is to streamline the process between Hard Non-Fly Days and Soft Non-Fly Days. To give Reserve Pilots the ability to be automatically released into their off day, placed on rest and be available to pick-up trips on off days if they choose to.

Looks like the noon release didn’t apply to short call. There was a separate change announced bringing “most” short calls down to 9 hours. Good work getting released anyway!

 

Yeah, after I reviewed the SRH I couldn't find it anywhere and must've been making stuff up -- I spent 6 hours in the sun installing exterior lighting this morning and probably wasn't thinking clearly when I posted that . I guess I jedi-mind-tricked the scheduler this week, I'll take that small victory . From what I could find LC pilots are released 12 prior to a soft no fly day and all pilots are released 12 hours prior to a hard no fly day (assuming the were not assigned a rotation that releases after 1200), but SC pilots are NOT released 12 prior to a soft no fly day as far as I could find. Bummer that golden days turn into XX days when you move them.