Narrowbody QOL Improvments
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Narrowbody QOL Improvments
How will life on the narrowbody change with this TA? I personally don’t see a drastic improvement. I WANT TO believe it will get drastically better, so please help me to see. In other words, will QOL improvments be enough to lure people away from widebody FO?
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How will life on the narrowbody change with this TA? I personally don’t see a drastic improvement. I WANT TO believe it will get drastically better, so please help me to see. In other words, will QOL improvments be enough to lure people away from widebody FO?
Appreciate the information.
Appreciate the information.
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it’s a lot of small things that I think when added up will make the bad days significantly better, the good days slightly shorter, and won’t do much for the absolute worst days. The 1:1 add pay thing goes beyond extra pay, it’s a sign that they’re going to keep the duty days shorter. Or you’re going to credit more if they build them long which hopefully means less days of work in PBS. At the end of the day it’s NB flying, there’s only so much you can do. You’re never going to one and done ORD-DSM and then sit for 30 hours and credit 25 like you would flying ORD-NRT.
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FACT team member had nothing helpful to say. I honestly can't believe we didn't ask for an additional day off override, a pilot's discretion unpaid drop, sick accrual actually tied to how much you work, anything.
And before you ask, 10hr duty pay is nice but I DON'T WANT THE PAY. I want to see my kid. This shouldn't be an either/or as a line holder Captain at a legacy. I'm willing to give it another year to let the contract shake out, but after that it's off to 787 2.5 day trip/20hr credit/ 19 days off land.
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I bet you already know the "Improvements" the negotiating committee was going for and their intent. Anything else is just a guess until its implimented.
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5:15 day = 315 minutes
5,400/315 = 17 days of work
30 day bid month - 17 work days= 13 off
I agree 5:15 is an improvement but min 6 hr would have made a much bigger impact. That equals two more days off per month under the same formula.
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Sounds like you’ll be getting that extra day off in a 31-day bid period, then.
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I asked a FACT team member this exact question last week. I am a 70% NBCA and am worn out after endless months of 89:55 PBS awards, no drops, no trades down. All bid groups limiting credit award fail. There's no way to say on a fatigue FSAP 'Ive been working to 117 maximum for 12 straight months' and have it ruled operational.
FACT team member had nothing helpful to say. I honestly can't believe we didn't ask for an additional day off override, a pilot's discretion unpaid drop, sick accrual actually tied to how much you work, anything.
And before you ask, 10hr duty pay is nice but I DON'T WANT THE PAY. I want to see my kid.
FACT team member had nothing helpful to say. I honestly can't believe we didn't ask for an additional day off override, a pilot's discretion unpaid drop, sick accrual actually tied to how much you work, anything.
And before you ask, 10hr duty pay is nice but I DON'T WANT THE PAY. I want to see my kid.
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