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Old 03-21-2012 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ewrbasedpilot
Who is negotiating this CRAP?
I think that goes back to C97.
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Old 03-21-2012 | 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ewrbasedpilot
Another thing that sucks is how our "negotiators" were able to screw the reserve pilots with the flying shutdown 4.5 hours prior to the min reserve guarantee of 76 hours. They abuse the hell out of you for the first two weeks, (32.5 hours for my first FIVE days) and then get you to 71 hours or so and won't fly you (per our contract!) so you won't bust guarantee...
....and they won't release you! If you're commuting to reserve and living in a hotel or flophouse, it was incredibly frustrating.

"so you're not going to fly me the rest of the month?"
"no, we're not"
"so why not release me?
"can't"
"why not?"
"just in case"
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