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#481
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No, I can think of at least two ways off the top of my head to keep this from happening, and also in #3 and 4. One of which is to allow these people to have the option of getting a line worth less than MMG.
Don't believe all the propaganda. There are always other ways to solve these types of problems.
Don't believe all the propaganda. There are always other ways to solve these types of problems.
I also left out the #1 reason that someone junior gets a better schedule and the #1 reason I have found that most pilots in our system complain about their awarded schedule - the pilot bidding did screwed up their bid!
The only time Flight Line truly uses globalization is when unstacking is utilized and then only for the bottom 50% of the pilots bidding. As was stated previously, the software does not look down line and award trips out of seniority for the greater good of the company, the software deals with each pilot in order and awards them what they can hold.
#482
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The below was asked, and you answered with what I put below that. So the question is, will it withhold a trip from a senior pilot when a junior pilot has vacation or training so the junior pilot can meet the credit window? Is the senior pilot being denied a specific pairing and is it being awarded to a junior pilot in those cases.
I can think of four scenarios where this can happen:
#2 - The person junior has vacation and bids vacation low - during the summer, you would have to get four four-day trips whereas they would only have to get two four-day trips. Unfortunately, the only way to fix this one would be to get rid of vacation low!
#3 - You have training and it conflicts with trips you could be assigned but the junior pilot has no conflicts. We currently only get 4 hours of credit per day of training meaning yearly recurrent is only worth 16 hours when you bid. This one honestly should have been negotiated to include the CBT credit (~4 hours) or with the option for a higher virtual credit.
#4 - Either you have a carry over pairing that causes conflicts or they have a carry over pairing that gives just enough credit. I honestly think there should be a union controlled over-ride on this one.
#2 - The person junior has vacation and bids vacation low - during the summer, you would have to get four four-day trips whereas they would only have to get two four-day trips. Unfortunately, the only way to fix this one would be to get rid of vacation low!
#3 - You have training and it conflicts with trips you could be assigned but the junior pilot has no conflicts. We currently only get 4 hours of credit per day of training meaning yearly recurrent is only worth 16 hours when you bid. This one honestly should have been negotiated to include the CBT credit (~4 hours) or with the option for a higher virtual credit.
#4 - Either you have a carry over pairing that causes conflicts or they have a carry over pairing that gives just enough credit. I honestly think there should be a union controlled over-ride on this one.
#483
It is possible, and I think it happens every month, that a junior person that has vacation is able to reach the threshold and hold a regular line while a senior person who did not have vacation was not able to reach the threshold and is assigned reserve. But again, when the system is building someone's schedule, it has no idea what the people junior to that pilot are doing until that person's schedule is complete and closed and the system moves on.
#484
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No. The system has no idea what anyone junior to the pilot whose schedule is currently being built is doing. It tries to build a pilot's schedule with the available pairings -- if it meets the threshold then his line is complete and his schedule is closed and the systems moves on to the guy one number junior to him. If the system is unable to build a line that meets the minimum credit threshold, then he is assigned reserve and the system moves on to the guy one number junior to him. Nothing anyone junior to him does has any bearing on his schedule..
Under ERJ line bid, the ONLY way a line holder gets reserve is if they voluntarily bid it.
Doesn't really sound like the CRJ PBS is 100% seniority based, contrary to what some say.
And sorry, but what you're saying seems slightly contrary to what the other poster is saying with the examples he gave and the various scenarios.
#485
So why should a pilot that is senior enough to hold a line EVER be forced into reserve? Let alone under the sh1tty reserve rules the CRJ contract has.
Under ERJ line bid, the ONLY way a line holder gets reserve is if they voluntarily bid it.
Doesn't really sound like the CRJ PBS is 100% seniority based, contrary to what some say.
And sorry, but what you're saying seems slightly contrary to what the other poster is saying with the examples he gave and the various scenarios.
Under ERJ line bid, the ONLY way a line holder gets reserve is if they voluntarily bid it.
Doesn't really sound like the CRJ PBS is 100% seniority based, contrary to what some say.
And sorry, but what you're saying seems slightly contrary to what the other poster is saying with the examples he gave and the various scenarios.
#486
They get reserve because their seniority can't hold a line. Plain and simple. By the time PBS gets to them there aren't enough pairings/credit available to make a line. Therefore they are assigned reserve.
#487
A junior pilot got a line while a more senior pilot got reserve. It's not globalization, it's not dishonoring seniority. The more senior pilot couldn't hold a line regardless if the next guy has vacation or not. If nobody junior to the original reserve pilot had vacation or preassigned credit then everyone junior would also be on reserve and the 3 remaining pairings would be in open time. I don't understand the mentality that says if I suffer then everybody junior must suffer with me. The pilot just wasn't senior enough to hold a line. Period.
#488
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#489
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That's just the point. The pilot isn't senior enough to hold a line. PBS is a giant pool of pairings. When it gets to said pilot's seniority it tries to build a schedule. Let's say there are 3 pairings remaining in the big giant pool that began with #1 pilot. If a pilot needs 4 four day trips to complete a schedule and only 3 pairings remain in the pool then he is assigned reserve. PBS moves to the next guy in line. Let's say this guy has vacation, bids vacation low, and only needs 2 four day trips to meet the credit threshold. There are 3 pairings remaining and PBS places two on his schedule and calls his schedule complete.
A junior pilot got a line while a more senior pilot got reserve. It's not globalization, it's not dishonoring seniority. The more senior pilot couldn't hold a line regardless if the next guy has vacation or not. If nobody junior to the original reserve pilot had vacation or preassigned credit then everyone junior would also be on reserve and the 3 remaining pairings would be in open time. I don't understand the mentality that says if I suffer then everybody junior must suffer with me. The pilot just wasn't senior enough to hold a line. Period.
A junior pilot got a line while a more senior pilot got reserve. It's not globalization, it's not dishonoring seniority. The more senior pilot couldn't hold a line regardless if the next guy has vacation or not. If nobody junior to the original reserve pilot had vacation or preassigned credit then everyone junior would also be on reserve and the 3 remaining pairings would be in open time. I don't understand the mentality that says if I suffer then everybody junior must suffer with me. The pilot just wasn't senior enough to hold a line. Period.
#490
Just want to clarify from my original post on this thread. I have been at the company for 4+ years. I originally stated 5th year as in longevity.
For some reason everyone for the last little bit has focused on vacation and junior pilots getting lines. Why the focus on vacation. Multiple other examples have already been listed. I am 25% seniority on the button in my domicile. In June I had a carryover high credit trip into the first few days of the month. Because of that trip I was not able to be awarded a four day the first few days of the month, therefore my schedule couldn't reach the threshold and I was awarded reserve. PBS moved on to the next junior pilot who had no previously assigned credit (training, vacation, or carryover). At that point it assigned them the four day I couldn't accept and the rest of what I would have had. Is that honoring seniority? It's my opinion that there should be some sort of transition period allowing everyone to have a blank slate and equal opportunity to hold a line as their seniority permits.
That's just the point. The pilot isn't senior enough to hold a line. PBS is a giant pool of pairings. When it gets to said pilot's seniority it tries to build a schedule. Let's say there are 3 pairings remaining in the big giant pool that began with #1 pilot. If a pilot needs 4 four day trips to complete a schedule and only 3 pairings remain in the pool then he is assigned reserve. PBS moves to the next guy in line. Let's say this guy has vacation, bids vacation low, and only needs 2 four day trips to meet the credit threshold. There are 3 pairings remaining and PBS places two on his schedule and calls his schedule complete.
A junior pilot got a line while a more senior pilot got reserve. It's not globalization, it's not dishonoring seniority. The more senior pilot couldn't hold a line regardless if the next guy has vacation or not. If nobody junior to the original reserve pilot had vacation or preassigned credit then everyone junior would also be on reserve and the 3 remaining pairings would be in open time. I don't understand the mentality that says if I suffer then everybody junior must suffer with me. The pilot just wasn't senior enough to hold a line. Period.
A junior pilot got a line while a more senior pilot got reserve. It's not globalization, it's not dishonoring seniority. The more senior pilot couldn't hold a line regardless if the next guy has vacation or not. If nobody junior to the original reserve pilot had vacation or preassigned credit then everyone junior would also be on reserve and the 3 remaining pairings would be in open time. I don't understand the mentality that says if I suffer then everybody junior must suffer with me. The pilot just wasn't senior enough to hold a line. Period.
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