There is no FM for individual sections of the contract. Pilots are not getting 5:15 per day stuck. They should be getting almost 7 hours a day via 1 for 3.5. They will also get paid for any rotations they miss. I don't know why the company would pull FM on the flight attendants. They have no contract. The company can do anything they want. You could be talking about the former NW flight attendants and in that case I have no idea what they have in their contract. Delta flight attendants red book rules include some limited pay protection but I don't know the particulars.

Maybe I'm reading the above wrong, but I don't see where the limiting to $50 for laundry expense is a violation of the contract. To the contrary, it states right in the contract that the expense IS limited to $50. What do you base that statement on?

Laundry Expenses
Laundry expenses for a pilot will be reimbursed as follows:
1. A domestic category pilot is not entitled to laundry expense reimbursement.
2. An international category pilot who is engaged in international operations is eligible for reimbursement for laundry expenses incurred at a layover city if his rotation contains an ocean crossing and has a time away from base (TAFB) of 96 hours or more:
a. a receipt is required, which must be submitted through the electronic expense form, and

b. the maximum reimbursement is $50.00.


Denny

Okay, I see the "direct billed" in the above now and I can see where this might be a gray area.

Yup, that is for reimbursement, not direct bill. In AMS and NRT you just drop off your laundry and pick it up a day later - no expense to the pilot.

Someone decided that the direct bill charge cannot exceed $50 equivalent.

Is that $50 per rotation or every so many days. Next month my trip is 12 days without going throuh AMS. It has 8 crossings. I don't own 8 shirts.

A true "professional" would own at least 8 shirts. NOT. :rolleyes:

Then expense it two or three times! :rolleyes:

Good luck with that, I had a similar situation between NYC and SLC when I was displaced. They decided to fly me on a rotation that spilled into the next month, I was done at 9pm in SLC and on reserve the next day in NYC. I called scheduling and asked if they would get me a hotel room since I was finished in SLC, had already moved out of my apartment, and not even based there. They declined, said It's up to me to get to my base. I finally got a CP on the line who offered to make sure I was on late short call so I could make it in time. I ended up taking a redeye to JFK, thanks scheduling!

I carry 8 shirts on every trip, just in case DL would like me to bestow them with my services for a few extra days.

What can YOU do for the widget? :)

Geez I carry one extra, maybe two in the summer. Not t-shirts, that is one a duty day.

Do you have some substantiation for that, and if so, have you directed the affected pilot to CA?