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08-30-2014 | 04:45 AM
#101
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From: B737 FO
Last edited by UAL T38 Phlyer; 08-30-2014 at 05:03 PM.
08-31-2014 | 04:51 AM
#104
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: B756 Capt Junior Lineholder
Yes. And we all realize that the LCAL individual line pilot did not do this, nor have any input in this.
There were many LCAL pilots who said "We just want a new contract" and the response was "Contracts come and go but SLI lasts forever". They should be just as angry because they lost out as well, having to wait on a contract, because the pay banding scheme did not work as planned.
No one blames the line LCAL pilot, but in retrospect, this was not a good way to start the marriage. Fortunately that decision making body is disbanded, so I guess we will see how things move forward with the new contract negotiations.
There were many LCAL pilots who said "We just want a new contract" and the response was "Contracts come and go but SLI lasts forever". They should be just as angry because they lost out as well, having to wait on a contract, because the pay banding scheme did not work as planned.
No one blames the line LCAL pilot, but in retrospect, this was not a good way to start the marriage. Fortunately that decision making body is disbanded, so I guess we will see how things move forward with the new contract negotiations.
I.E. the "heavy bucket" of the 747/777/764/787...it is now possible to bid the one whose mission is what you prefer...
08-31-2014 | 08:59 AM
#107
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From: B756 FO
I'm considering going from 737 IAH (reserve, 30-50 from the bottom) to 76T EWR (I would hold a line there).
I commute from DFW either way. Am I crazy? Or is that a decent plan. Looks like I'm going to get bumped anyway.
I commute from DFW either way. Am I crazy? Or is that a decent plan. Looks like I'm going to get bumped anyway.
08-31-2014 | 09:04 AM
#108
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: Gets weekends off
I see the pay banding in a totally different light...with fewer bands there is less of a percieved need to chase metal/ training cycles to get a bump in pay... good for pilots who don't really enjoy a two month training cycle.
I.E. the "heavy bucket" of the 747/777/764/787...it is now possible to bid the one whose mission is what you prefer...
I.E. the "heavy bucket" of the 747/777/764/787...it is now possible to bid the one whose mission is what you prefer...
08-31-2014 | 01:03 PM
#110
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Joined: Oct 2006
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If the desire is more CAs then the answer is more flying, not more pilots sitting in training. Being inefficient benefits no one. We all hated bankruptcy and concessions yet like crack we keep going back for more of the drug that almost killed us the last few times.
