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02-17-2019, 12:16 PM

#10091

GivemeVSP

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sailingfun

Any updates on the SEA MEC chairman situation. Heard a nasty rumor that ALPA paid his salary in Feb and will again in March. Hard to tell since somehow his schedule is blocked. Did we not fight for and win a grievance to insure schedules would not be blocked?

Ok SailingFud, what do your reps have to say about it?

I’m in contact with mine, and ALPA is NOT paying his salary.

02-17-2019, 12:37 PM

#10092

Bucking Bar

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Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler

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Originally Posted by Lifeisgood

Apparently topmen had a staffing meeting on Monday:

25 new hires per month thorough December 2019.

Just a messenger

Crew resources said they are expecting to train 90 new hires a month.

25 would sure be a disappointment. That would mean we are shrinking by roughly 400 a year in total numbers.

02-17-2019, 01:06 PM

#10093

Xray678

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Originally Posted by Gunfighter

Curious why the 765 is a true widebody, but the 767 is not.

Look at the pay rates and you tell me.

02-17-2019, 01:12 PM

#10094

Gunfighter

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Xray678

Look at the pay rates and you tell me.

When did WB become a pay category? I though it was an aircraft category. If we band the 767 to the 765 in C2019, does it become a widebody by your definition?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide-body_aircraft

Last edited by Gunfighter; 02-17-2019 at 01:38 PM.

02-17-2019, 01:20 PM

#10095

sailingfun

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GivemeVSP

Ok SailingFud, what do your reps have to say about it?

I’m in contact with mine, and ALPA is NOT paying his salary.

Trips are all coded ALPA for Feb and Mar.

02-17-2019, 01:38 PM

#10096

Xray678

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunfighter

With that logic, the A330 an 765 aren't WB either. When did WB become a pay category? I though it was an aircraft category. If we band the 767 to the 765 in C2019, does it become a widebody by your definition?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide-body_aircraft

Yep. Yes a 763 is a wide body airplane, but the 757 is not. Most of the flying in the category is on the 757, and the pay is closer to narrowbody than the other widebodies. So do you consider it a “widebody” category?

I was just responding to someone else who said the junior WB capt was 2500-3000....ignoring the ER category. I didn’t hear any complaints then.

02-17-2019, 01:44 PM

#10097

Gunfighter

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Originally Posted by Xray678

Yep. I was just responding to someone else who said the junior WB capt was 2500-3000....ignoring the ER category. I didn’t hear any complaints then.

Some guys have a hangup about calling the 767 a widebody, because it is pay banded with the 757. Others take exception, because it flies domestic trips. On a pure definition basis, the 767 is a widebody AC and the 757 isn't. Either way, it won't be flying when the poster asking about a 30 year career is ready to upgrade to a WB.