You are not answering the question by telling me your bidding and scheduling prowess. How would you force everyone to fly 75 hours?

Where did I say ALPA or whoever should enforce a 75 hour cap? It would be nice, but given the injunction that was slapped down ALPA certainly lacks the heart for that. As an individual my point is simple; anybody lecturing me from a WB left seat about their superior integrity while he/she credited 89/month with people furloughed is quite simply a hypocrite.

Okay, let's try this another way. You bid and are awarded a 70 hour line. Great! You just showed the company and are protecting lual furloughees. Right? What happens to the other 19 hours you could have flown but didn't?

Regrettably, there is nothing we can do bidding wise to bring back furloughees unless you lower the cap. On the other side regarding the JRM coin, I completely agree with you.



Back to those 19 hrs...

Precisely. With PBS (which we've had since bankruptcy), the build window went to 65-95 for the 320 and 65-89 for everybody else. Even if every single pilot chooses 65 hours in PBS, at some point the company will force (I think CAL guys call it a splat) flying to max hours minus the buffer (30 min, I think). So at roughly half way down the list or even higher if all of the more senior pilots chose min time, the credit time goes to max hours involuntarily. This isn't like bidding hard lines where guys are necessarily adding flying to their schedule. It is quite the opposite with the forced flying being involuntarily assigned with no drops or trades available to reduce the schedule. I lived two summers as a junior guppy Cap in that realm. Total nightmare...

Scott

I agree. PBS doesn't care who bids what. It just makes sure the flying is covered. So you don't have a choice if junior. So just because a senior pilot maxes out his flying in the PBS run, the company just lowers it on a junior pilot and vice versa.

PBS crams 10 pounds of feces into a 5 pound bag.

I've never had a problem with it. Of course, I understand it. If you don't understand it, you can't use it to your advantage.

Yes 89 hours. That is what the crew desk would build the lines too. You could put in for 70, (which I did month after month), but they would give you and 89 hour line.

What of it??

J

Wow......my bad luck!!?? The CAL pilots with the scabs help, under Lorenzo stole all the assets from an ALPA carrier for their own benefit.

As far as a concessionary contract, thank your MEC for allowing the company to divide the forces, with such quotes as " I will hold up this contract forever if I have too".....
Lost workrules!!!! LOL! You didnt have any too lose! They were called the FARs.

Bad luck.......I have a few choice words for you on that one...

PBS would build you an 89 hour line REGARDLESS of your choices. Before you comment, know the rules.