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Old 07-11-2012, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Jaxs170 View Post
Any idea of the base distribution for it (or what the distro will be for the 7/23 class)?

Where's the new flying coming from or is it just attrition that caused them to hire?
Believe it's mostly attrition and short-sighted staffing.
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Old 07-11-2012, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Jaxs170 View Post
Any idea of the base distribution for it (or what the distro will be for the 7/23 class)?

Where's the new flying coming from or is it just attrition that caused them to hire?
I'm expecting vacancies in all three bases, but most will go to IAD followed by ATL.
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Old 07-11-2012, 09:38 AM
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If you're there at the airport any reasonable amount of time before departure, checking in shouldn't be an issue. The big boys have to do it, so can you... not exactly a big deal.
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Old 07-11-2012, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp View Post
If you're there at the airport any reasonable amount of time before departure, checking in shouldn't be an issue. The big boys have to do it, so can you... not exactly a big deal.
That's great and all when your paid enough to actually live somewhat close to where you are based out of. Pay me more than the tsa dipshi*s and I'll check in twice if they want me to.
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Old 07-11-2012, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by newarkblows View Post
Really all you have to look at is the long list of grievances we currently have.

They have fought for our DHD on mainline flights to no longer be block or better because "continental" is no longer operating the flights... they have since come to their senses because they would have most likely lost the long drawn out arbitration.

They want us to check in 1 hr prior at an airport terminal despite the fact that we used negotiating capital to end that horrible idea 7 years ago. It didn't work last time, our operation is twice as spread out across more terminals, and if they want to try it again then they need to negotiate to get it back. They are adamant that they can enforce this upon us and that they are somehow being nice by giving us an "extension."

Pay: Pay claims are not being responded to within the contractual 14 day time frame, they no longer mail you a check for a gross underpayment unless you bring the contract to their attention, and they are actively changing flight times in rainmaker to their benefit weeks after you operated that flight.

We are now in SWAP for any little sneeze across the US which is fine but any trades outside of skedplus (even if it benefits the company) are about as rare as a water into wine miracle, the servers for skedplus are so slow that the ILIW and SLIW are now much less effective line adjustment tools, the wireless in the ewr crew room is now unusable and the powers that be don't want to ask United for a reasonable fix because we don't want to bite the hand that feeds us. Just like they didn't want to fight for our EARNED vacation passes, a pass priority above unaccompanied pass riders, or to stop mainline people from bumping us on our own flights by using vacation passes for an entire year.

The deadheading positive space thing is a blatant concession but now they are whittling away at our work rules and QOL little by little. It might only be a few small things but they are actively taking things away from us. A perfect example of this is how much we have to keep an eye on our pay now that Rainmaker (which wasn't ready to be rolled out) is supposedly a benefit to us. Their first software fix for rainmaker that took months to program wasn;t even to correct the problems we were having with it. It was to correctly pay us LESS! It was paying everyone 75 hrs even if they flew 60 hrs and that was what they wanted to correct first. Not the hundreds of hours of flight training pay, pairing overages, and vacation pay that they were stealing from us.

Nothing is getting better or easier for the employees. Everything benefits them or is somebody else's fault that they have no control to fix so we have to live with it.
Now that your a "sub contractor" welcome to the real airline industry. I thought your contract was soooo great? I guess your contract language wasn't as strong as you thought but your MEC found that out with JA.
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Old 07-11-2012, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by acl65pilot View Post
Guys debate you points without insults or out of bounds words. Infractions will keep coming.
Didn't you use to live in the FT Worth area and now down in PTC?
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Old 07-11-2012, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Nevets View Post
Like I said, I didn't mean to say that everything in their contract is inferior. There are a couple of things that aren't and the rest is inferior. You know that right?

The solution? Take the best of both contracts.
And how's that contract language doing for you guys? How many grievances do you have open? I hear you guys have some heartburn with the new crew planning manager, former ALPA XJT SCH Committee member.
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Old 07-11-2012, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Fly782 View Post
In case anyone is wondering they are calling people for a CRJ class on the 23rd.
No wondering at all. Increase of 700 BH on the crj ATL for August going forward.
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Old 07-11-2012, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Truman_Sparks View Post
Why is it dumb? Is it dumb for all the people that punch the time clock when they get in? How about the people that walk past the bosses desk? Doesn't the company have the right to know if you made it to work so the flight can operate on time?
He's the guy with 4 JEPP revision in his bag when the FAA does a ramp check. Yeah that 1 hour rule is silly, silly I tell you!
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Old 07-11-2012, 02:39 PM
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Looks like Inc...order some new planes..MRJ style. Look for a better future and more flying in the next few years for us. The Delta TA is starting to pay off already....
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