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Old 11-01-2016 | 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by TurbineDriver
VB is absolutely toxic. It's lost jobs. The union posted something showing each adjustment to the contract and how many jobs were added/lost as a result of each adjustment. Something like

Vacation pay increased +6
Reserve SC credit +4
Virtual basing/TDY -55

You guys didn't see that?!?!

I can't find it otherwise I would copy and paste it. Someone who can find it please post this for everyone to see.

LOST JOBS IS TOXIC. ITS ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE ELIMINATED.
Post the info from the WHOLE slide then answer the question of how many jobs lost/gained over the life of the agreement. If you believe the NC's numbers from that slide, it's a staffing neutral contract.

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Old 11-01-2016 | 07:13 AM
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There are "philosophical" seniority violations and then there are "actual" ones. The only one that matters is an actual one, meaning the contract states "senior pilot A gets such and such prior to junior pilot B" and junior pilot B got it anyway due to an error.

A philosophical abrogation is merely an opinion, where a pilots states "I believe that senior pilot A should get xyz even though the contract doesn't call for it."

Should a senior guy get to swap before a junior guy can WS? Maybe....but the contract doesn't call for it, so a junior guy getting a trip via WS before a senior guy gets to swap for is not a contractual violation of seniority, though I've heard more than one claim that it was a seniority violation in their OPINION.
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Old 11-01-2016 | 07:19 AM
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Since the bid package comes out after the vb bid, the trip mix would essentially be created using the vb into the gonkulator. The vb would determine the trip mix and it would be hard to determine exactly what routes dissapeared from what base.
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Old 11-01-2016 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeF16
It's a good question and no offense taken.

Commuters lose no seniority in commuting. They have made a voluntary choice to use their seniority to enable their commuting lifestyle. VB will remove trips from the bid package which somebody who hasn't bid a VB (both commuters and those who live in domicile) would have had access to.

Example: Senior commuter lives in Dallas and uses their seniority to bid double commutable NYC trips. VB established in Tampa. All those late sign-in early sign-out trips that used to do NYC-TPA are now gone to a new hire who just happens to live in Florida and bid the TPA VB. How is that fair? That has most definitely abrogated the seniority system.
Bid what you want, and want what you bid. I heard this same kind of bullsh!t when we had Express. Every. single. pilot. senior to me had the opportunity to bid the category. They didn't. I did.

Your argument is hollow and ridiculous.
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Old 11-01-2016 | 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeF16
I will give you the point that it might be much ado about nothing, I am certainly no great prognosticator of the future.
Yet you want to kill it anyway based on your perspective without knowing how it will or won't work.
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But
There's always a 'but' when someone makes a statement like you just made.
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Old 11-01-2016 | 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by surfnski
If it ends up being a bad deal, can ALPA put out a memo that just says, "nobody bid VB or TDY"? Problem solved? Or does that break some sort of RLA Hurt Feelings law?
That is a very slippery slope my friend.
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Old 11-01-2016 | 07:43 AM
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The appropriate heartburn you 'heard'.... was with our cba and its idiotic agreement that blatantly devalued the trade and craft.

Alpa:.....but your honor, a 737 pilot is in fact worth $X.......unless of course that pilot is based in mco......then its $X - 30%.

Your windfall came as a result of our cba's stupidity..... and at the expense of every other pilot in the profession.

But hey, I'm sure it worked out fine for you.

The software and computing horsepower exists to make vb a gain in efficiency......I would at a minimum expect our Cba to extract some part of that in increased compensation.

And yes.....retroactively.
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Old 11-01-2016 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Herkflyr
Should a senior guy get to swap before a junior guy can WS? Maybe....but the contract doesn't call for it, so a junior guy getting a trip via WS before a senior guy gets to swap for is not a contractual violation of seniority, though I've heard more than one claim that it was a seniority violation in their OPINION.
You (along with whomever you heard express that OPINION) should brush up on §23...
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Old 11-01-2016 | 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by BobZ
The appropriate heartburn you 'heard'.... was with our cba and its idiotic agreement that blatantly devalued the trade and craft.

Alpa:.....but your honor, a 737 pilot is in fact worth $X.......unless of course that pilot is based in mco......then its $X - 30%.

Your windfall came as a result of our cba's stupidity..... and at the expense of every other pilot in the profession.

But hey, I'm sure it worked out fine for you.

The software and computing horsepower exists to make vb a gain in efficiency......I would at a minimum expect our Cba to extract some part of that in increased compensation.

And yes.....retroactively.
Windfall? Seriously?
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Old 11-01-2016 | 07:53 AM
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What?

You bid something that was a less advantageous deal than your previous position?
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