Dead on!

The other employee groups frequently invoke a "me too" clause. It doesn't cost them anything.
As you mentioned above, if the company doesn't offer early outs for pilots, they are showing their hand. Are we overstaffed or not.

If we're overstaffed surely the company would offer early-outs to the top tier front line employees, that's just simple business 101.
If the company chooses to not offer the package but does displace from the senior most equipment then that's a clear sign for setting the stage for negotiations.

Not offering early-outs for pilots and displacing is a sign the company has stopped constructive efforts and is building a negotiating position of contract talks. I would hope my representatives will change their course accordingly.

Cheers
George

 

I understand that they are having problems with the Expense Reports and hope to have it resolved in a few days.

 

Right on my man, you're on our side right? ;-)

Cheers
George

 

Yes it has. Now the pilots available are listed in reverse seniority order for trips of the same length and within the same "bucket". So RAW means nothing within your bucket. It is all seniority now within a given bucket. Will probably work good in large categories but not make any difference in small ones where you often only have one pilot available for each length trip.

 

Latest Summer International Schedule changes:

ATL CDG cancelled one flight out of two
ATL ATH cancelled
ATL CPH cancelled
ATL SVO cancelled
ATL PRG cancelled
ATL TLV cancelled
JFK TXL(BER) cancelled
JFK BUD cancelled
JFK MAN cancelled
JFK DUB reduced to one a day from 9 weekly, all 7ER
ATL LGW cancelled, reallocated ATL-LGW flights to serve ATL-LHR

ATL AMS added one flight
SEA AMS, 7ER service replace AF flight in March
JFK MEX added second flight 73G

DTW CDG summer seasonal service with 7ER

DTW AMS all 330 for summer
LAX NRT 744 service
LAX HND 330 service
MSP CDG 330 service
EWR AMS 330 service
NRT BKK 330 service

NRT PUS cancelled
NRT HKG 777 service

JFK-LHR, all 765 for summer
DTW-FRA, 765 for summer
JFK-SVO, 765 for summer
JFK-VCE, 765 for summer

JFK ACC, back to the 7ER
JFK PRG, back to the 7ER

Cheers
George

 

Oh joy.

What has AF KLM and AZ added or cut for this summer? What has been up gauged?

 

Guaranteed more large widebodies... we are on the giving and they are taking. But those without backbones at ALPA are happy to let the company continue capacity restraint while AF continues to flood in more seats.

 

The AF Cargo 747 cargo jet in to ATL is just over joyous. Is that part of bundle 1?

 

Exactly... that's a total slap in the face and we have alfa coming on here telling us how wrong we are. Freaking ridiculous.

Since ALPA speaks for me, I sure would like them to actually speak up!

 

Right....

That's why Jim Graham's latest letter to the pilot group has "it's all good news" in the closing paragraph. Doom AND gloom...