PBS Sucks!!
05-14-2019 | 10:43 AM
#41
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Senior pilot is a relative term, but it isn't someone trying to avoid reserve. You shouldn't expect to hold weekends off at that relative seniority. The "contractual right" to 4 days off was voted out, and the majority apparently decided that it wasn't worth holding on to. So, it is now your contractual right to waive it. Everyone is playing by the same rules. You could try to make the same argument about any of the waivers usurping seniority, but it just doesn't hold water, it's in the contract the majority voted in. In 6 months the argument will likely be moot. If you don't like it, tell your reps, or ask your scheduling committee for more 3-day trips. Ultimately, who gets to decide if the 4-day waiver sticks? That decision was also waived to the JPWG in this contract.
Neither the TA nor the PBS LOA modifies the four day off language. The PBS LOA allows individual pilots the option to waive this requirement for a 6-month trial basis. The MEC will decide whether or not to keep this option."
I wonder how many believed nothing would change. We voted away 4 days off and I doubt most people realized it.
05-14-2019 | 11:45 AM
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05-14-2019 | 11:48 AM
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05-14-2019 | 12:00 PM
#46
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Fortunately we're back on the upgrading/hiring track (hopefully).
05-14-2019 | 12:01 PM
#47
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Here's the thing about the 4 days off. Let's run a scenario in which 4 day off waiver is not possible under PBS. What happens then? Would you have been able to get the perfect line you wanted for June? I wager the answer is no because it would have violated the 4 day off clause at one point or other. As soon as the schedules aren't premade the 4 day off clause becomes meaningless because pilots don't care about the 4 days off as much as they care about other schedule objectives.
What would have made sense is to trade the 4 days off for a higher number of monthly minimum days off.
What would have made sense is to trade the 4 days off for a higher number of monthly minimum days off.
05-14-2019 | 01:01 PM
#48
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From: A320 Capt
"What about my 4 days off?
Neither the TA nor the PBS LOA modifies the four day off language. The PBS LOA allows individual pilots the option to waive this requirement for a 6-month trial basis. The MEC will decide whether or not to keep this option."
I wonder how many believed nothing would change. We voted away 4 days off and I doubt most people realized it.
Neither the TA nor the PBS LOA modifies the four day off language. The PBS LOA allows individual pilots the option to waive this requirement for a 6-month trial basis. The MEC will decide whether or not to keep this option."
I wonder how many believed nothing would change. We voted away 4 days off and I doubt most people realized it.
There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what might or might not happen in 6 months....
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