Implement a trip RIG of 1:3.5 (Works out to about 20-22 hrs credit per commutable four day trip). Ditch the (modified) min day all together, it's an obsolete concept. Our inefficient schedules are entirely controllable by AAG/PDT. There's no reason our pilot group should be penalized for something we have no control over by way of inefficient, low-credit lines. A strong trip RIG provides a financial incentive to improve our schedule, and removes the financial penalty the pilots pay if it doesn't happen. (This would also remedy the fact that, even if they raise our pay rates, we'll still be making far less than our counterparts due to crediting so few hours.)

Implement a duty RIG of 1:2, to disincentive pairings that run you ragged one day and make you sit all day on another.

No more abuse of the interface. All flying during the interface must fit within the footprint (to the minute) of at least one of the two trips that are in conflict.

Put a reasonable limit on extensions of less than four hours, they shouldn't have an unlimited amount to work with. As a matter of principle, extensions and junior manning should be for unforeseen circumstances, not a standard method for covering open flying.

All open flying should be covered by volunteers, in order of seniority, no later than 2-3 days in advance. If the volunteers don't materialize, financial and scheduling incentives should be increased until volunteers are found. Some mechanism should be put in place to force (or heavily incentivize) the company to have all open time covered and reserve staffing in place several days in advance.

Not one penny less than PSA pay rates. We're willing to, and more than capable of, flying 76 seat airplanes. That fact that we're not flying 76 seat airplanes is, again, entirely the doing of PDT/AAG.

No less than 13 days off. Thirteen off is for the very bottom of the seniority list, with the number of guaranteed days off increasing as seniority grows. Guys who have been here for 20 years are working more days than new hire FO's at other airlines. That should not be the case.

There's plenty more to fix, but these are reasonable, simple, and fair methods to fix some of the larger items that detract from quality of life, and would move our compensation closer to where it should be.

Thoughts? What contract/policy suggestions do you guys/girls have?

Considering the Union already sent it’s proposal in, I hope you sent that list to your rep when feedback was being sought.

You missed doubling the flow also.

Feedback was not requested from the pilot group.

Preach it brother or sister..

Pretty sure there was a Post in the pilots FB group prior to the MEC meeting telling folks to email their wish list of changes... apparently quite a few pilots emailed the MEC with their lists.

Hopefully the above list made it in there.

I heard the capt rep got around 50 emails as soon as the PSA $$ was leaked.

Also we do not negotiate on here folks. Fact

The big boss reads this

Big boss? Dougie parker?

Yes many of know who and what is on here... saying what we lack or how we are treated in this this forum is nothing to be scared about as long as you speak the truth. Saying what we need to align us with other FFD airlines is exactly what this forum is for.

Ok. As long as we don’t say. If they would just give us X then everything is better. Don’t set the bar here.

And I don’t think we get a FFD. I think all our revenue goes to AAG. And they kick some back to show profits here, or keep it to show profit wherever it’s needed

Yes we aren't a classic ffd... we are a wo, DBA. But no reason the sky west captain I met in ottowa last week over a beverage should be crediting 120 hours a month with way better pay ahrs says off... because we are a WO we should be the top, not the bottom..

Absolutely. AAG has revenues that dwarf any regional. We should be the example of a great run system. Top to bottom. In fact we should ask for group one AA rates. The same routes that the 190 operates and the same amount of pax carried daily. Group one and longevity credit at AA if we flow