Originally Posted by afterburn81
(Post 1229748)
What we are all feeling as F.O.s currently is stagnation. It's kind of like brain freeze. We know what it's like and hate it but we continue to suck down that delicious frozen drink. Only because we know the brain freeze will go away.
All the BS F.O.s deal with regularly such as crap pay and working for free wouldn't be so bad if we knew for sure it was only temporary. I wouldn't touch an ice cream if I knew there was a chance the brain freeze would last forever. Wish I thought about that before becoming a pilot. Crappy analogy but might shed a little light on what we whiny F.O.s are trying to express to the more privileged folks. What I am getting at is that I love your brain freeze analogy. Ofcourse I would not have gotten into this if I knew it was going to be a perpetual brain freeze. Hopefully this brain freeze will be over soon. But there are very few at my company that have any idea what that brain freeze can feel like at the level and extent that I have. |
Originally Posted by Truman_Sparks
(Post 1228274)
But if they paid you more, then you could make it, right???
Look, I'm not disputing you that a big boy can be trusted to get to work at the gate. You should be able to. But, the whole 'pay me more and I can do it' thing just don't play! If pilots at the majors can make it to the crew lounge to check in at their multiple bases with multiple concourses then we can too. It's in the contract, fine. I'll back you on that. I just don't buy that lame a$$ agreement and I'm sick of hearing it. I also don't begrudge a company for wanting to know if an employee is at work when said job runs on a tight schedule. |
Originally Posted by hemaybedid
(Post 1229918)
Very good post! On a normal work day for me I know I often come across as a compainer. Usually though, once a captain realizes that I'm a reserve FO in our most junior domicile in my 5th year with the company most captains have an awakening. Especially since the PBS they gave the company has had 3 and 4 FO's junior to me with lines the last 2 months respectively. .
You were hired 5 years ago, got furloughed (I'm assuming from the ERJ side?). Got recalled to the CRJ side but didn't take the switch back to the ERJ side when the recall was offered (because you didn't know at the time all the hiring that was going to hot the ERJ side?). And are still on reserve whereas on the ERJ side you'd be a lineholder with weekends off. Man, that is one string of bad luck. I thought the PBS over there was strictly seniority based? How can someone junior to you have a line with you on reserve? The more I hear about the super-PBS the more I don't want anything to do with it. |
Originally Posted by IrishNJ
(Post 1230042)
I thought the PBS over there was strictly seniority based? How can someone junior to you have a line with you on reserve?
#1 - You want weekends off, July 4th, etc and you intentionally bid reserve. #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. |
Duty rigs. That would be a step in the right direction. I'd bet all those scheduled 4h:53min sits would instantly dissapear. As for checking in, It was negotiated OUT of the contract, We gave up something to get this! So NO we are not going to just roll over and let them have it back! I cannot believe how some of you think WE should just give away something that was fought for! Drink the cool-aid much? When they just added it into our FOM it was a giant slap to the face. So basically, NOT gonna happen without a fight. If you want to keep taking the company's side on important issues then you have to look no further then the mirror to see why contract talks are not going well.
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Originally Posted by IrishNJ
(Post 1230042)
I thought the PBS over there was strictly seniority based? How can someone junior to you have a line with you on reserve?
Don't believe all the propaganda. There are always other ways to solve these types of problems. Its like talking about state budgets. Everyone says that if they don't borrow the money, they will have to cut firefighters, policeman, and teachers. But no one even mentions cutting any of the hundreds of agencies, bureaucracies, commissions, and special committees. There is always another way! If someone tells you otherwise it's because they have another agenda. |
Originally Posted by Nevets
(Post 1230108)
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.
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Originally Posted by gtechpilot
(Post 1230047)
I can think of four scenarios where this can happen:
#1 - You want weekends off, July 4th, etc and you intentionally bid reserve. #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.
Originally Posted by ysslah
(Post 1230438)
Some people towards the bottom getting a line is a by product. I have had a situation where I didn't get a line in my vacation month because of a bad luck, but people junior to me did. But I certainly wasn't bitter about it, because vacation low helps everyone across the board almost every case.
Originally Posted by supersix-4
(Post 1230074)
Duty rigs. That would be a step in the right direction. I'd bet all those scheduled 4h:53min sits would instantly dissapear.
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Originally Posted by xjtguy
(Post 1230487)
That's cool of your not bitter about it, but if you were senior to them, shouldn't you have held a line? Isn't the system 100% seniority based? Again, the most adamant cheerleaders on this board, AND others like to shout that the CRJ PBS is 100% seniority based. As well as the ERJ side doesn't care about seniority. But reading the two posts I quoted, I wonder if certain CRJ pilots (NOT you two) fully understand the CRJ PBS system as it currently operates.
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Originally Posted by xjtguy
(Post 1230487)
So, contrary to the most adamant cheerleaders, it's NOT a 100% seniority system, is that correct? And it does, in fact, use a form of globalization in some cases?
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