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#43
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Joined APC: Jul 2010
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The loopholes jumped off the page for me
The weak staffing language that I previously noted also does affect everyone but maybe we want to be an airline that has staffing problems and red reserve grids, but creates lots of RSA/VDA opportunities (and cancels flights and loses customers). I can see why people want a staffing issue which creates those RSA/VDA's but I don't think it's a good long term idea. I'm not too hung up on this aspect, though.
I have always thought our TA suffered from a lack of strong language. I spoke to the things that affected me and you could talk to the guys next to you in the cockpit about the loopholes/unintended consequences that come to light and affect them in the near future. I'm sure you'll end up hearing plenty.
Last edited by Mattio; 01-20-2019 at 02:19 PM.
#44
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On our first contract we should focus 75% of out negotiating capital on the 25% of the pilots that are on reserve.
So many leave and chase the junior Captain money to be on reserve. Then they want industry leading since they are now junior and on reserve. I Am not saying not to get better reserve rules. But.......
So many leave and chase the junior Captain money to be on reserve. Then they want industry leading since they are now junior and on reserve. I Am not saying not to get better reserve rules. But.......
#45
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On our first contract we should focus 75% of out negotiating capital on the 25% of the pilots that are on reserve.
So many leave and chase the junior Captain money to be on reserve. Then they want industry leading since they are now junior and on reserve. I Am not saying not to get better reserve rules. But.......
So many leave and chase the junior Captain money to be on reserve. Then they want industry leading since they are now junior and on reserve. I Am not saying not to get better reserve rules. But.......
Reserve doesn’t need to suck just because it always has. There is no reason we can’t create a system that doesn’t make line holders think twice about bidding reserve.
Last edited by rvr1800; 01-20-2019 at 07:09 PM.
#47
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So what are you saying then? New hires are also on reserve. Are you a pay your dues guy? I dealt with it so why shouldn’t they mentality?
Reserve doesn’t need to suck just because it always has. There is no reason we can’t create a system that makes line holders think twice about bidding reserve.
Reserve doesn’t need to suck just because it always has. There is no reason we can’t create a system that makes line holders think twice about bidding reserve.
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#48
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On our first contract we should focus 75% of out negotiating capital on the 25% of the pilots that are on reserve.
So many leave and chase the junior Captain money to be on reserve. Then they want industry leading since they are now junior and on reserve. I Am not saying not to get better reserve rules. But.......
So many leave and chase the junior Captain money to be on reserve. Then they want industry leading since they are now junior and on reserve. I Am not saying not to get better reserve rules. But.......
#49
the company cannot "change" your RAP once you have been assigned a RAP, without your concurrence, either in the FSM or the CBA. but neither the FSM (that I can find) nor the CBA say that the company cannot assign you a RAP that is only 6 hours long, instead of 10, or whatever.
in fact, i don't even see in the FSM where the RAP is set at 10 hours for short call. i know it's 10 hours, but i don't see that mentioned in there. the CBA says it can't be more than 10 hours, right?
it doesn't say it can't be less than, and therefore the company can start you earlier the next day. but neither does the FSM. if i'm wrong, i'm glad to admit it, but i am looking all over the FSM reserve section and i don't see it, and i bid reserve on purpose.
#50
here's something about reserve now that is annoying to me, and to some other people I've talked to. i'd like the input of other reserves from other bases.
the contract says we can work up to 14 hours, 16 hours with an ending deadhead. it doesn't say how crew services will assign trips to reserves...no flow charts or rules or anything.
so they could assign us right up to 14 hours. and they have done that. then, there was a trip that should have gone to another guy, and he would have had a 13 hour and 10 minute day. they gave the trip to me.
crew services told me they are using a 1 hour buffer. i asked them where in the contract it says that. they pulled out some part of the contract that talks about pairing construction and a 1 hour buffer. it had nothing to do with reserve assignment.
so sometimes they use the buffer, sometimes they don't. sometimes, they might use a 2 hour buffer. or 6 hours. who knows? the contract does not force any sort of consistency onto them, and i think that is wrong.
i do not know much about other reserve systems at other airlines, but i did ask an American airlines pilot about their reserve, and i asked once he is on a reserve day, and he looks at the reserve list, and an open time trip pops up, does he know with 100% certainty which pilot on the reserve list is going to get that trip, and he said, yes, they know for sure who will get it. the contract gives strict instructions for the scheduling people to follow.
in our system (and this isn't just now with a hybrid FSM/contract system...the contract implementation will not change this at all), we literally have no idea who the trip will go to. crew services can and will and does change how they assign trips. they will give trips to their friends if they want them, and give them to other people if their friends do not want them, etc. it allows for complete corruption of the system, and no consistency to those of us on reserves.
any thoughts or experiences?
the contract says we can work up to 14 hours, 16 hours with an ending deadhead. it doesn't say how crew services will assign trips to reserves...no flow charts or rules or anything.
so they could assign us right up to 14 hours. and they have done that. then, there was a trip that should have gone to another guy, and he would have had a 13 hour and 10 minute day. they gave the trip to me.
crew services told me they are using a 1 hour buffer. i asked them where in the contract it says that. they pulled out some part of the contract that talks about pairing construction and a 1 hour buffer. it had nothing to do with reserve assignment.
so sometimes they use the buffer, sometimes they don't. sometimes, they might use a 2 hour buffer. or 6 hours. who knows? the contract does not force any sort of consistency onto them, and i think that is wrong.
i do not know much about other reserve systems at other airlines, but i did ask an American airlines pilot about their reserve, and i asked once he is on a reserve day, and he looks at the reserve list, and an open time trip pops up, does he know with 100% certainty which pilot on the reserve list is going to get that trip, and he said, yes, they know for sure who will get it. the contract gives strict instructions for the scheduling people to follow.
in our system (and this isn't just now with a hybrid FSM/contract system...the contract implementation will not change this at all), we literally have no idea who the trip will go to. crew services can and will and does change how they assign trips. they will give trips to their friends if they want them, and give them to other people if their friends do not want them, etc. it allows for complete corruption of the system, and no consistency to those of us on reserves.
any thoughts or experiences?
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