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Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
Based on today's AA announcement, ANYONE who thinks any ALPA/APA Pilot can get a 45% pay increase is smoking some mighty strong weed!

I think we can.... It's easy just buy/merge with AMR and their BK pay rates will dissapear as they are brought up to our rate. Followed by more profitability and not just restoration + inflation but an ACTUAL RAISE

 

We heard these same rumors about a week ago. It is possible that they stay until Dec 2013, but I was told it is only one of many plans.

 

From the rumors yes there are a few plans. We shall see

 

First check your PM, something there I can't post here.

Second, in my view seniority on reserve is the same as for a regular pilot. Your schedule requests are awarded in seniority order. Since that's the case, why provide reserve pilots something not provided to regular pilots?
Third, to me the buckets should be category contingent based on a formula that prevents the pilot one number junior flying all month in ones place. RAW was a formula and rather predictable imo. I want to get away from arbitrary scheduling systems, it's what is ruining reserve as is. What they could've done is enacted LOA 29 as is but without the buckets and brought back the high yellow.

But none of this 15 point garbage but maybe something that was equal to the longest trip in category plus 1 SC and decreasing proportionally down the reserve list. Such that if you are pilot 1 of 100, you get the max high yellow. Pilot 50 of 100 gets half a high yellow if they request it. Pilot 100 out of 100 gets a high yellow of 0. Now let RAW spread the unrequested flying evenly. Such that your RAW and work counts for something.

If you have 8 days on a row under this system and FTDT you could do 2 back-to-back 4 days. 10 days, 2 back-to-back 5 days. WB? 2 back-to-back 6 days.

 

I dont think they will keep the 9's but that is my opinion. I will say I find it odd that they still have as many crews in MSP as they do and after March I can't find a single DC9 departure in the system. Even the March open times apprears to be all dh on front end and back end of rotations. Thats what they did in MEM to spool it down, so I think the writing is on the wall for the 9 even in MSP and DTW. Also there has been no talk of moving the sims and they are about to give up that building right?

Thats my take on it. Engage crystal ball at your own risk.

 

The CAL system allowed reserves to pickup trips in that window the day prior, but the nicer part of their system was that lineholders could take a trip from a reserve guy even after it was assigned. I can't remember all the specifics, but it was nice and I did all the time. If it was within 12 hours they would call the reserve guy and if he didn't want to do the trip, they pulled it from them and it was all yours. I think outside of 12 hours it was yours regardless of what the resreve guy wanted.

There are lots of ways we can continue to improve the reserve system here that will benefit lineholders as well. I'm actually very impressed with the improvements so far, although they may not be perfect. The bucket system, credit for SC, and the entire reserve availability list are great things to get outside of section 6. Can't wait for the ability to higher your RAW score. I also think we could still allow drops and swaps up to 12 hours prior to report if reserve coverage is good. That would be nice.

 

And that right there is what people don't like about unions, and what (justifiably) they point to when a company is having problems making a profit. "Well of course they're in the red; they're paying their pilots not to fly." The fact that one would point to it as a goal is IMHO somewhat depressing.

 

I heard MSP DC9 will be gone, and DTW may stay. Delta will also be getting 20 MD90s this year, and 9 next year. I wonder where some of them may go?

 

How does the RLL factor into the seniority thing?