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symbian simian 07-07-2023 10:26 PM


Originally Posted by Lincoln Osiris (Post 3662237)
I hate to break it to you but calendar day is industry standard and it is coming. You are gonna run out of soap boxes.

No doubt. And so is losing DTZ R/G 4day. it was fun while it lasted. It would have been much easier to keep without JB, but no one asked me.
Let me riddle you this though. If everything is industry standard, why does every company still have its own CBA?
If industry standard means we lose all the good stuff, but we can't get the pay, maybe industry standard isn't helping us.

RemoveB4flght 07-08-2023 09:23 AM


Originally Posted by symbian simian (Post 3662269)
No doubt. And so is losing DTZ R/G 4day. it was fun while it lasted. It would have been much easier to keep without JB, but no one asked me.
Let me riddle you this though. If everything is industry standard, why does every company still have its own CBA?
If industry standard means we lose all the good stuff, but we can't get the pay, maybe industry standard isn't helping us.

The majority of people don’t enjoy red eye flights, but what I would enjoy less are 4-5 leg a day pairings because the company wants to squeeze their money’s worth out of an average daily credit. It also doesn’t mean red eye flying will disappear. Utilization, transcons, and longer range aircraft will see to that. Can it be frustrating to fly lower credit pairings, of course, but I also don’t want to sell flexibility for a few dollars more.

Either way it’s important to openly discuss both advantages and pitfalls of either philosophy.

Lincoln Osiris 07-08-2023 10:42 AM


Originally Posted by symbian simian (Post 3662269)
No doubt. And so is losing DTZ R/G 4day. it was fun while it lasted. It would have been much easier to keep without JB, but no one asked me.
Let me riddle you this though. If everything is industry standard, why does every company still have its own CBA?
If industry standard means we lose all the good stuff, but we can't get the pay, maybe industry standard isn't helping us.

Can't get the pay?

Noisecanceller 07-08-2023 11:58 AM


Originally Posted by symbian simian (Post 3662269)
No doubt. And so is losing DTZ R/G 4day. it was fun while it lasted. It would have been much easier to keep without JB, but no one asked me.
Let me riddle you this though. If everything is industry standard, why does every company still have its own CBA?
If industry standard means we lose all the good stuff, but we can't get the pay, maybe industry standard isn't helping us.


Red/green is not going anywhere

CincoDeMayo 07-08-2023 01:06 PM


Originally Posted by Noisecanceller (Post 3662525)
Red/green is not going anywhere

Thats 100% accurate. Zero chance our NC and/or MEC gives that arbitrated language away, they will die on that hill. You never give away arbitrated language as strong as our red green language.

Excargodog 07-08-2023 01:19 PM


Originally Posted by CincoDeMayo (Post 3662548)
Thats 100% accurate. Zero chance our NC and/or MEC gives that arbitrated language away, they will die on that hill. You never give away arbitrated language as strong as our red green language.

Absolutely. It drives the whole NK QOL.

Not that IN THIS ENVIRONMENT anyone ought to be giving up a single damn thing.

Bluedriver 07-09-2023 05:26 AM


Originally Posted by Noisecanceller (Post 3662525)
Red/green is not going anywhere

I can tell you we Blue shirts want Red/Green badly as well. I think it stays.

Not a fan of the way Lincoln is conducting himself or addressing the discussion. Maybe less of him?

We Blue shirts have Average Daily Guarantee AND Average Duty Period. We have both. Definitely not perfect, and frankly we need additional protections because one rig, or the other, each have their own holes. Even having them both isn't good enough.

For commutability protections, I want to see commutable trip-mix requirements in the CBA. But this next part is important because each base has very different needs and preferences... The commutability requirements should be based on an annual base by base survey. So bases with mostly locals can have their preferences met, and bases with mostly commuters (roughly half of JB's nearly 5,000 pilots) can have their preferences met.

Other than the one guy being a jerk here really enjoying the discussion and learning about your CBA. I can see where each CBA has its strengths, but still need to learn more.

Bluedriver 07-09-2023 05:33 AM


Originally Posted by symbian simian (Post 3661788)
yes, in NB you select waive, drop-down has waive to 3,2,1 options.
no, 4 days off is for QOL not credit.
yes, my situation exactly, for home bound to weekly schedule, for commute prefer 4 days, so waive to 3.

Not waiving will mostly get you more days off in your initial award, requirements to have open time, and people using IOT for dropping will give junior people a lot of options to change their schedule in DOT.
Requirement for the company to only be able to use one number for minimum reserve required across the whole month (with the exception for a few specific days a year), with the requirement that 75% of the days need to be green, and the option to have red on red day trades gives everyone options most of the time.
No requirement to ever have a certain credit level means if you need more time off, it’s normally not that hard.
The way our premium is build and handed out means generally very good pay for very little work, most of the premium I’ve done, I will get 20 hours of pay, and as a commuter am gone from my home less than 24 hours.
Most of our rules lean towards less work, not more credit, and that is why people came to NK over SWA.

I have never done PBS at another airline, so for all I know, JB could be superior in every of these categories, and that is why we should keep comparing here, so we both figure out what we need to keep most.

Copy, very helpful.

Definitely need to take the best of both CBAs.

Lincoln Osiris 07-09-2023 04:25 PM


Originally Posted by Bluedriver (Post 3662798)
Not a fan of the way Lincoln is conducting himself or addressing the discussion. Maybe less of him?

I will address the discussion however I want. However, if you would like to cry about it some more my door's always open. ;)

Bluedriver 07-09-2023 04:35 PM


Originally Posted by Lincoln Osiris (Post 3663188)
I will address the discussion however I want. However, if you would like to cry about it some more my door's always open. ;)

I know you will, and frankly when I'm in the mood you can count on the same from me pumpkin.

Half of JB is commuters, so you can count on some pushback to your one-size-fits-all make everything great for locals only ideas to get rightsized...

Maybe sometimes try and have a constructive discussion? I try it occasionally it seems to be useful.


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