Good lord. I should have been a lawyer. I think they get paid by the word.

15% (if they hit that) is going to put it about 5% behind the C series on a CASM.

Boeing's reaction is improvements to the 737 that have already netted about 7% and the realization they can't stuff a bigger fan under the wing of an airplane with little landing gear. Bigger gear means new wing and huge costs.

Meanwhile, Boeing's got a big order book for the 737. As long as it sells, they will milk the cash cow. Development costs on the 737 were amortized eons ago.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...its probably a duck. Thinking they will have a new vote, but been wrong lots of times before.

Agree with Iceman.

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Anybody know if contractual crew scheduling needs to cover trips for the next day by a specific time?

Haven't found anything specific in the contract though most of the time coverage has been completed by noon, including short calls.

Just wondering if something is in place there, or if crew scheduling can wait until 9pm the day prior, if they choose, to start assigning trips/short calls.

What it amounts to is that Crew Skeds can assign any trip to anyone for that day or the next day, based on a "list" that only they can produce and see, of the people who had white/yellow slips in. Gone are the days when they would help you out and give out a white slip to a guy who wants to fly over a guy on reserve. They have way too much leeway in how they assign open time over a two day window. They claim that it's because they need a list to go off of, but the FA's have been able to do swaps and drops and pickups in real time for years. You can bet the company has the absolute best software for tracking pilots, but when it comes to us being able to pick up trips and make money... well, they just don't have the resources:rolleyes: Of course, the ALPA guys can pick up using special rules. But for the rest of us, you are at the mercy of a scheduler who will give out open time more than a day in advance to a reserve instead of awarding a white slip. Total B.S. and needs to be addressed in the next contract.:mad:

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Your info is totally wrong about building reserve lines. Anything the company can build a pilot can build also. Read the gouge about building reserve lines.
A domestic pilot can build reserve on call days from 3-9 with from 1 to as many off as they have available to use.
Too short blocks "on call" (less than 3) can be built at the beginning or end of the bid period.
these are domestic examples of reserve. Read the PBS gouge on the deltanet and/or call the call center for bid assistance.
Now moving reserve days is a whole different animal and does suck badly!

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