Originally Posted by Knotcher

No kidding...that "victory" ranks about as high as getting our crew meals served on china dinnerware. Makes me sick how giddy people are for a first class seat like its their first time. BFD....

Originally Posted by CleCapt

Based on exchanges and comments from passengers boarding, this benefit will be negotiated away.

Originally Posted by ThumbsUp

Work rules is a pretty broad term, but I would venture to say that our reserve rules are dead last.

Originally Posted by massgflight

Yes. Improve reserve rules via MOU now. What else do we have to do? Wait for a contract for 1-3 years and the next downturn? Seems logical.

Originally Posted by Hedley

Enough of the piecemeal negotiations. We’ll address contractual shortcomings in the next complete contract, but don’t expect reserve rules to be the top priority. They obviously need to be addressed, but when the vast majority of the group isn’t on reserve, they never are.

Originally Posted by fadec

Why bidnav? A bid group isn't your preferences. It's your weighted pool which you can review yourself plus sets and limits. If you look at your pool and it's sorted, and you reviewed all your sets and limits, what's left to do? Change my mind.

Originally Posted by CousinEddie

No kidding. Mine remembers the bankruptcy contract years and the wonderful LCC rules quite well, while commuting. Others got that plus furlough letters. I suppose it’s all about instant gratification these days. Maybe throwing an app in with SWA could fulfill it.

Originally Posted by Cougs

I guess I don’t see it as entitled. I’m not trying to get sweet layovers, or commutable lines, or deadheads with lots of soft time, or trips with LCAs that get bought. I literally want to fly my MPG as quickly as possible, and go home to my family. 5 hours per day is a terrible batting average, especially when you’ve got a 89 hour month. Put me in coach. I’ll get 8 hours of block time a day if I can manage it. I’ve got 4 young kids and all I want is time with them. I’ve tried dropping and trading trips that CCS says are legal and I have yet to get a trip traded (I’m trading into open time trips or trips that other guys want to drop). I’ve used BidNav without any success (asked for low credit line, got 89 hours). Maybe this is part of the learning curve? Perhaps this is just the way it is, and my expectations of time away from work are unrealistic? I’m still trying to figure it out, but if I’m away from home 18 days a month, my wife is going to make me find a different job.

Originally Posted by idlethrust

Wife will make you find a new job ? Get real and grow a pair . We know who wears the pants in that house . Do you bring your check home and give it to her too?
You obviously don’t realize how fortunate you are to have the job you have and obviously neither does she . Family is important but so is having a well paying job to support that family. If I had to choose between my job and my wife …….well it’s a lot easier to find a new wife .