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PilotJ3 12-15-2015 04:39 PM


Originally Posted by Waitingformins (Post 2028283)
Because the 824 are the highest earners and also it was a judge's arbitration. To assume Envoy wouldn't hold back a <12 guy is naive. His cost would be in check industry wide for regional flying.
Do you really think envoy will never need it's captains to run the operation. Even despite the shrinking, the slack will catch up and Envoy will need every pilot they have and will make every attempt to bottle neck the flow.
If you claim that the company is right sized then Envoy will have to hire 1:1 for flow plus the flying it's bringing back, which won't be easy in this environment. PSA pulled it off last year due to laterals that I doubt Envoy will be able to attract.

I agree, that's why they are focusing more on the pipeline than getting pilots from other regionals.

Eaglepilot84 12-15-2015 04:59 PM


Originally Posted by Waitingformins (Post 2028283)
Because the 824 are the highest earners and also it was a judge's arbitration. To assume Envoy wouldn't hold back a <12 guy is naive. His cost would be in check industry wide for regional flying.
Do you really think envoy will never need it's captains to run the operation. Even despite the shrinking, the slack will catch up and Envoy will need every pilot they have and will make every attempt to bottle neck the flow.
If you claim that the company is right sized then Envoy will have to hire 1:1 for flow plus the flying it's bringing back, which won't be easy in this environment. PSA pulled it off last year due to laterals that I doubt Envoy will be able to attract.

Haha, I love it when people say "because it was a judges arbitration." So I guess you're claiming that any flow after that is essentially worthless and can be "bottle necked" at any time because it's not a judges arbitration? Please elaborate. I might need to re-think some career plans thanks to your wisdom.

buddies8 12-15-2015 05:17 PM

If you need to have it explained to you, then you are new to airlines or just playing it that way. But I will bite, judge ruled in arbitration when you hire at AA these 824 will be in those classes. Any flow after that is via an agreement by aag and the union at the regional w/o. Any contract and all contracts have been violated by airline management, selectively.

In other words, it's a lottery, you may win or you may loose. It is controlled and interpreted by aag, does not matter what you understand it to mean. AAG answer will be grieve it and that will take two years at best with AAG foot dragging with the final result being a compromise by aag and Alpa which will result in another watered down flow and no retro protection to those whom aag harmed.

You get it now. Just like our jobs, today we have one tomorrow we don't.

FlameNSky 12-15-2015 05:21 PM


Originally Posted by Eaglepilot84 (Post 2028310)
Haha, I love it when people say "because it was a judges arbitration." So I guess you're claiming that any flow after that is essentially worthless and can be "bottle necked" at any time because it's not a judges arbitration? Please elaborate. I might need to re-think some career plans thanks to your wisdom.

They (the company) can't. Those who suggest otherwise are just talking out of their asses. One can have confidence in the flow for two reasons. 1) Whatever critical staffing situation that, as inferred, would motivate violation that contractual provision, would immediately cause the staffing situation to worsen. There are many other incentive actions that can be taken prior to that point that would be more effective and cost less without having such a negative effect on recruitment and retention. 2) ALPA has won every grievance concerning the Letter 3/Flow creating a significant past precedence on the subject. In other words, the restriction of flow would have a minor and short lived significance on envoy staffing.

Claims to that effect have no legal or logical (business) sense to support it. They are simply saying what they hope will happen without any logical argument to support it.

Eaglepilot84 12-15-2015 05:35 PM


Originally Posted by FlameNSky (Post 2028326)
Claims to that effect have no legal or logical (business) sense to support it. They are simply saying what they hope will happen without any logical argument to support it.

Oh I'm well aware of this, as is anyone with half a brain. I just would really love to see what basis for an argument those that would love to see envoy fail have to support there claim. The argument "it's not a judges arbitration so it can and will likely be violated" is obviously someone grasping at straws who really does have a bone to pick with the envoy pilot group, for whatever reason that may be.

Eaglepilot84 12-15-2015 05:46 PM


Originally Posted by buddies8 (Post 2028321)
If you need to have it explained to you, then you are new to airlines or just playing it that way. But I will bite, judge ruled in arbitration when you hire at AA these 824 will be in those classes. Any flow after that is via an agreement by aag and the union at the regional w/o. Any contract and all contracts have been violated by airline management, selectively.

In other words, it's a lottery, you may win or you may loose. It is controlled and interpreted by aag, does not matter what you understand it to mean. AAG answer will be grieve it and that will take two years at best with AAG foot dragging with the final result being a compromise by aag and Alpa which will result in another watered down flow and no retro protection to those whom aag harmed.

You get it now. Just like our jobs, today we have one tomorrow we don't.

While I may be new to this forum I'm not new to envoy. I am also very well versed in all of our flow agreements. The description you gave of the 824 was by far the worst I have ever heard, so you lost all credibility right there. Anything you said after that is nothing more then the wishful thinking on your part (christ, you even gave a timeline for how long AAG foot dragging will last!).

On the bright side, I appreciate you showing off how clueless you really are so I know that from here on out I don't have to waste any time with you. Thanks!

buddies8 12-15-2015 05:57 PM

Actually no you are wrong. Define to me what the 824 are exactly then define what the cba agreement regarding flow is. You can sit here and blow smoke up anyone's *** you want to show that the flow cannot be tinkered and slowed to a trickle by aag, you need the new hires to come to envoy more than I do.

Alpa had dragged its feet on the violation on letter 3 for years and then settle for less and sold rights away of the letter 3 pilots and they will again when the 824 are gone. AAG timeline that I mentioned was a best case scenario for a grievance solution if required.

Stay in your own world that aag has or will never violate any or all contracts at some point in time if it deems it to its best interest.

Those who spout the flow will work as spelled out fail to understand who controls the flow, it ain't you or me.

Flow is cheap labor for 6 years at best for a new hire if they get to flow, will work for less.

eaglefly 12-15-2015 06:08 PM


Originally Posted by AdiosMikeFox (Post 2028235)
Did you ever stop and think for a single moment why you get singled out? You really are being singled out on many occasions, that's for real... More so than anybody I've seen here. Seriously, did you? I can say it's not because of your intelligent posts or witty banter, your succinctness or your ability to make a convincing argument. There's a real reason behind it. If you're blind to it, you've got some psychological issues. If you're not, and continue to act the way you do because you enjoy being a jack wagon...well, that answers a lot of questions.

When everyone around you stinks like crap all the time, it's probably not them and it's time to check the bottom of your own shoe.

My, my.........such anger and rage. :cool:

If all you hear from me is a bunch of "blahs", it makes you look kinda ridiculous expending so much energy responding. You need a vacation. I recommend somewhere tropical. ;)

eaglefly 12-15-2015 06:11 PM


Originally Posted by Eaglepilot84 (Post 2028243)
I'm curious as to why you arbitrarily pick the 824 as the point in time when AAG reneges on their flow agreement with envoy, specifically the Protected Pilot and the contractual flow after that? The only reason I can see you saying that is that you see the 824 agreement working as advertised, so have to pick on the agreements that are next in line in order to look like you have some legitimacy.

What you also fail to mention is that the flow agreements with PDT and envoy are essentially the same once you hit a certain threshold. That threshold being anybody hired here post DOS. Until then, envoy's flow is far and away better (in terms of amount being sent to AA vs. total size of the pilot group) then any other WO. Again, yes for those hired post DOS, the envoy and PDT flow provisions are relatively balanced out. Hence why the flow projection is the same general time period at both PDT and envoy. But you seem to be under the constant belief that AAG is going to renege on the provisions of the flow post-824, in order to "balance it out" with the other two WO's, yet provide no legitimate evidence or argument to back that prediction up.


Edit; Unless you've been out of the loop, envoy is "right sized" or at least very close to it. This does not include any of the anticipated (not yet announced) return of the TSA birds which would correlate to growth. So by your prediction, shouldn't the other two WO's be getting a nice little christmas gift from Dougie in the form of a better flow? Or do they have to wait for the end of the 824 to get a better flow?

Others essentially answered your question for me.

AdiosMikeFox 12-15-2015 06:23 PM


Originally Posted by eaglefly (Post 2028356)
My, my.........such anger and rage. :cool:

If all you hear from me is a bunch of "blahs", it makes you look kinda ridiculous expending so much energy responding. You need a vacation. I recommend somewhere tropical. ;)

Copy/paste. About 4-5 clicks and I generate just as much useful content as yourself. Virtually effortless.


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