Pilots were paid starting 1st day of TRNG

 

I can say with 95% certainty you would change your tune if it was you. I thought you wanted a "fair" sli?!?!

 

Paid yes, but not as employees, you are treated as an independent contractor until you pass your checkride

 

True, but that's a pretty big oversight by your committee is it not? Why did it happen? Is this yet another political stunt like that Memphis picket was? If so, you might pay the price for it. Our XJ MEC obviously wants to be in control of this union post merger, do you not think they are going to jump all over your MEC's mistakes?

 

Yes you can.

More important than the ALPA merger policy is the individually-agreed upon Process and Protocol agreements amongst all 3 carriers: XJ, 9E, 9L.

Here it is:



That last part (d.) pretty much says it right there. The certificated lists will be modified to reflect changes to individual pilot employment data prior to the completion of the SLI process. On May 22, the SLI process was not complete. Today, the SLI process is not complete. So per the Protocol/Process agreement, the change was allowed, and the change was necessitated by LOA#2 transition agreement V.

I realize a person like you would like to see Pinnacle pilots get screwed 2-4 months of seniority for nothing more than your own personal gain, but lets be fair, and follow the process/protocol agreement.

 

I'm not sure about moving everyone's date of hire by 8 months but I am of the opinion that the list was deliberately doctored. Why is it that Colgan and XJ were able to promptly submit a correct list but it took 9E two tries and it still wasn't right? The 9E union leadership always has an excuse. I also believe that the 9E merger committee is trying to unscrupulously submit evidence furthering their cause despite it being well past the deadline for submitting proposals.

Do you want a fair SLI? Your leadership is representing you and from my admittedly biased perspective they are doing everything in their power to ensure the list is anything but fair.

 

Here's the ALPA Merger definition of DOH:

So, how does this fit with 9E?

 

It still boils my blood when I think about it, but I was never paid a dime until I passed my initial checkride. I didn't even get my lodging paid for, which was somewhat of a blessing in disguise because I didn't have to live at any of the ghetto hotels near the CEC!!

 

PCLCAPT, true, but they did start paying from day 1 in 2007. We got $400 per week in training, plus hotel. This was back in their really desperate days. $750 bonus for completing OE, and $500 bonus if you stayed 6 months as a longevity bonus.

 

Assuming, for the sake of argument, that we are supposed to use our sim date as our DOH. I have yet to hear one person explain how that is workable in the SLI process since you had junior people finishing their checkride first and thus being 'hired' ahead of people senior to them. ALPA merger policy clearly states that people cannot jump ahead of people senior to them in the completed SLI award. You would have a complete reordering of the 9E seniority list under this scenario. The only logical way to get around this is to create an adjustment that puts all people on even footing within each newhire class. The most logical way to do this is to use the start of class, which is an industry standard practice and as supported by the JCBA and subsequent LOA. The list that Pinnacle submitted at the start of negotiations had these adjusted dates. Mesaba and Colgan has almost half a year to contest this adjustment and yet only choose to do this at the very past second. Yes pinnacle Corp may have botched a few people here or there because they were given no time to prepare the list, and I am all for correcting those errors. But you cannot argue that we have to use our original sim DOH is inane and completely unworkable.