Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 901658)

We got a new LOA number 26. Appears that they are going to redo the way we get paid. There are a few other changes. All and all, these changes are from resolutions that were passed at LEC meetings from around the system.

Reps will be briefed at this MEC meeting on the details as I understand it, but the change in the way our pay is dispersed will be completed by mid next year.

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 901658)

We got a new LOA number 26. Appears that they are going to redo the way we get paid. There are a few other changes. All and all, these changes are from resolutions that were passed at LEC meetings from around the system.

Reps will be briefed at this MEC meeting on the details as I understand it, but the change in the way our pay is dispersed will be completed by mid next year.

Originally Posted by Jughead (Post 901680)

The word on the street is that the MD95 rumor is a good one - it would be a separate category, though, due largely to the overhead panel.

Eventually, 1/3rd of the MD88/90 fleet will be MD90's.

There are also several vendors involved in a bidding war on pimping out the maddog dashboard - looks sweet - all glass ND and PFD (I mean real glass, not what is there now), standby instruments are glass, and the flat plate is gone and replaced with a big-ass screen. Good for RNP stuff.

Seems as though the MDxx series is here for the long haul. :)

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 901684)

I keep hearing all of that too!

Originally Posted by DAL330drvr (Post 901681)

Any news on the status of the LGA slot swap?

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 901688)

I figure it is all interconnected. 717's need to be dumped at AAI, they get DOJ approval, we get DOJ approval. Everyone is happy. :D

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 901730)

TSA Removes CrewPASS Implementation Hurdle



Last week, ALPA president Capt. John Prater met with the secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, and the TSA administrator, John Pistole, to urge their support for obtaining CrewPASS in the near term. Late on Friday, ALPA received an invitation to meet with the TSA this afternoon to discuss this important program. ALPA was informed that the administrator had taken ALPA’s message seriously and that he wants to see CrewPASS implemented as quickly as possible. To help facilitate that, TSA has now dropped its previous requirement for pilots to be enrolled with a biometric (e.g., a fingerprint); this provision will be restored in the future, but what it means for now is that CrewPASS becomes much simpler and less expensive to implement than previously.

The TSA is meeting with the airlines tomorrow (Tuesday) and has asked us to coordinate with the other parties in an effort to facilitate the success of this program. Capt. Prater has reached out to the other crewmember unions and industry officials to develop a consensual solution.

TSA today emphasized that ALPA had “cleared the way” for CrewPASS to become a success.

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 901756)

This should make this MUCH cheaper! :)

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 901750)

So no more tiny 'advance' check? :)

Originally Posted by capncrunch (Post 901528)

I see your point but hopefully the passengers will make enough of a fuss that this goes away. IMHO, we already have given up so many liberties because of terrorists that in some ways they have already won. Freedom is not really free if you give up all your liberties in the process.

No soap box, just my humble O.

Originally Posted by Columbia (Post 901657)

Speaking of which, when do the MD-95s start showing up? ;)