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#31
Joe
#32
Sometimes if they get behind on training, they have to make the call whether to invest in their near future staffing, or send the instructors to the line. If you cover the summer at the expense of training, you might get burned over the holidays later in the year.
#33
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Joined APC: Dec 2012
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#34
Will resume in 2 months, and continue through end of year.
#35
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Joined APC: Dec 2012
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Thier turning them loose because there’s no new hire classes, that happened first. No offense but BL says a lot of things that turn out to be false. We’re overstaffed by at least 100 pilots. When we get another 8/10 (depending on % spares) ac we won’t be.
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#36
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Joined APC: May 2013
Position: CRJ-200 CA
Posts: 434
Correct. That didn’t change. The new agreement just eliminated 1.25% and made it a free for all on the 1.5%. Basically relieved crew scheduling from having to make a bunch of phone calls. Those phone calls were a major driver of disputes as they tended to make mistakes frequently. Some mistakes were due to lack of contractual knowledge and some due to the language itself (gray areas). IMO it’s better now that we took crew scheduling out of the loop on premium. All they can do now is add inc. which is a good thing.
#37
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Joined APC: Dec 2012
Posts: 2,102
It’s not a good thing for many reasons... the first being it undermines seniority... junior manning is supposed to run through the seniority list in order and then in reverse order... so now it’s basically whoever is fastest with a phone or a mouse... that’s bs... second, it relieves the company of actually having to work through their fukk ups... now they get to throw it in a folder and not think twice about it... we bailed the company out with this one... third... you’re absolutely correct... it did drive grievances and disputes... and a lot of pilots were paid a lot of money because of their incompetence, myself included... I tried to dispute an illegal pairing that was put in the premium folder and I was told to pound sand... this contract bailed the company out in so many ways and this is a big part of it... everyone said “we deserve more, we’ve earned it”... well we got the what we asked for and this turd is exactly what we deserve
#38
Line Holder
Joined APC: Dec 2015
Position: A320 FO
Posts: 67
An ALPO rep I spoke to recently said that due to improved efficiencies in scheduling software, we are 18% over staffed from that alone. You guys haven’t noticed better trips in the bid packets with more days off? We are doing the same amount of flying while needing less pilots.
#39
I think it’s as simple as F9 slows hiring each summer, as that’s when many senior sim PIs have VAC, whether they fly it or chill.
My candid take after hearing Mgt this week........
#40
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Joined APC: May 2013
Position: CRJ-200 CA
Posts: 434
JA was 150%... that’s no different... and when they JAd round 2, they’d drop trips... I got an extra 10 days off last year bc of that... I guess we will have to disagree but fewer pilots and more efficiencies for the company means compromised seniority for you
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