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As a pilot, I do not believe we are able to travel while sick or disabled at all. Everyone I've known who has done it has to get a special allowance from the CPO. Got no idea how it works for the other employee groups, but, it kinda makes sense that the Company would prioritize people trying to get to / from work before those who are on leave with perhaps more flexible schedules.
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Curious what gets the volcano erupting? It was not me who decided to be displaced twice within 2 AEs. Yes, I know I could have bid the crappiest equipment at the crappiest base so I guess it's my fault. ![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Who knew that after 5+ years with the co I should have never left the dc9.
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Who knew that after 5+ years with the co I should have never left the dc9.
*Living in a city with ultra high, never ending flight frequency, plus direct cargo options.
*senior on reserve
*in a large category with a lot of reserves
*willing to "roll the dice" regularly and/or willing to come up during certain times of the day while on LC, even with no actual assignment.
12 hours LC, no mercy, no waivers/no favors strict interpretation of a commuter clause that you will still get a "letter" for using even if you exceed its parameters generously...all equate to answering your question about sitting transcon LC on rsv as: "maybe, sometimes, but not consistently unless you are willing to play the game and do what it takes".
But regularly sitting LC on rsv while always having 2 flights on a rolling 24 hour basis, etc, especially in anything other than the largest categories with heap big relative seniority, just doesn't seem feasable to me, hence the LOLcano. YMMV of course, and good on you if it does.
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Correct. It removed all recovery obligation when removed for OE. If you do not think this is a big deal, look at all of the retirements and ensuing training in the next ten years. DAL has LCA's bid for lines and cannot hold back the corresponding B Rotation so all of those trips will be removed with no obligation. It also means that as we are short, those pilots can go and WS or GS a rotation for pay on top of the pay they receive for the removed rotation.
If I recall correctly, the quid was a 12 month seat lock for new hires.
If I recall correctly, the quid was a 12 month seat lock for new hires.
Like same footprint, not one minute earlier on the front end and not one minute later on the back end, and all hotels in domiciles paid for between days if necessary. But I don't want to see a handful of guys scamming the system by buddy bidding with check airmen and basically getting their entire schedules dropped and then going back in and white slipping for double net pay or green slipping for triple net pay, all month, every month, as supposed reparations for being victimized for the very thing they guaranteed would happen. That is not a "good for you!" pro-pilot ataboy; that is a rediculous scam that a select few will be able to play and that all of us will have to fund, one way or the other.
While we're at it, let's bring back touch drop vacations and add back in the 6th week, that way a couple guys can bid two 12 day carry out trips and never work! Weeeeeeeeeee!
The new hire lock was fair, and the recovery parameters needed to be fixed. But it went way too far the other way and we are all paying for that. It may not be that big of a deal now, but like you said, when things really pick up, this could rapidly degenerate into an extremely expensive scam for a select few, and we need to be ready to trade that out for more reasonable remedies.
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Sitting reserve from across the continent seems a bit excessive.
I don't think the stress would ever be worth it. That's just me though. I can't imagine commuting to reserve from any distance.
To each his own I suppose.
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Not much stress, just always have to be ready to head to the airport. If I'm sitting around doing nothing for months on end I'd rather be happy where I'm living.
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I only care that we learn from our mistakes. What was our biggest mistake? Substituting the "judgment" and "expertise" of the MEC administration for our own judgment and logic.
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As a pilot, I do not believe we are able to travel while sick or disabled at all. Everyone I've known who has done it has to get a special allowance from the CPO. Got no idea how it works for the other employee groups, but, it kinda makes sense that the Company would prioritize people trying to get to / from work before those who are on leave with perhaps more flexible schedules.
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It was a definite large "gain" in the aggregate for the pilot group. One that I worry will rapidly degenerate into asinine little seniority bubble "empires" where double/triple dipping lawyer-ball players will double or triple their pay as a reward for being martyrs by buddy bidding with LCA's to prime the pump. I do not support that, at all. The previous recovery obligations were excessive, but I'd swiftly trade back the "no recovery" for other gains for the entire pilot group while ensuring adequate protections for trips bid for and awarded.
Like same footprint, not one minute earlier on the front end and not one minute later on the back end, and all hotels in domiciles paid for between days if necessary. But I don't want to see a handful of guys scamming the system by buddy bidding with check airmen and basically getting their entire schedules dropped and then going back in and white slipping for double net pay or green slipping for triple net pay, all month, every month, as supposed reparations for being victimized for the very thing they guaranteed would happen. That is not a "good for you!" pro-pilot ataboy; that is a rediculous scam that a select few will be able to play and that all of us will have to fund, one way or the other.
While we're at it, let's bring back touch drop vacations and add back in the 6th week, that way a couple guys can bid two 12 day carry out trips and never work! Weeeeeeeeeee!
The new hire lock was fair, and the recovery parameters needed to be fixed. But it went way too far the other way and we are all paying for that. It may not be that big of a deal now, but like you said, when things really pick up, this could rapidly degenerate into an extremely expensive scam for a select few, and we need to be ready to trade that out for more reasonable remedies.
Like same footprint, not one minute earlier on the front end and not one minute later on the back end, and all hotels in domiciles paid for between days if necessary. But I don't want to see a handful of guys scamming the system by buddy bidding with check airmen and basically getting their entire schedules dropped and then going back in and white slipping for double net pay or green slipping for triple net pay, all month, every month, as supposed reparations for being victimized for the very thing they guaranteed would happen. That is not a "good for you!" pro-pilot ataboy; that is a rediculous scam that a select few will be able to play and that all of us will have to fund, one way or the other.
While we're at it, let's bring back touch drop vacations and add back in the 6th week, that way a couple guys can bid two 12 day carry out trips and never work! Weeeeeeeeeee!
The new hire lock was fair, and the recovery parameters needed to be fixed. But it went way too far the other way and we are all paying for that. It may not be that big of a deal now, but like you said, when things really pick up, this could rapidly degenerate into an extremely expensive scam for a select few, and we need to be ready to trade that out for more reasonable remedies.
The pilot group finally gets a big win and you think that its unfair because all of the senior FO's will gravitate to bidding with LCA?
How would that be any different than them using their seniority to fly: only week days, all the Rome layovers, bid off on the holidays, etc...?
They aren't guaranteed to be off the trip just because they are flying with a LCA.
I can't think of anything negative about this for the pilot group. People are still limited to the max pick up.
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The pilot group finally gets a big win and you think that its unfair because all of the senior FO's will gravitate to bidding with LCA?
How would that be any different than them using their seniority to fly: only week days, all the Rome layovers, bid off on the holidays, etc...?
They aren't guaranteed to be off the trip just because they are flying with a LCA.
I can't think of anything negative about this for the pilot group. People are still limited to the max pick up.
The pilot group finally gets a big win and you think that its unfair because all of the senior FO's will gravitate to bidding with LCA?
How would that be any different than them using their seniority to fly: only week days, all the Rome layovers, bid off on the holidays, etc...?
They aren't guaranteed to be off the trip just because they are flying with a LCA.
I can't think of anything negative about this for the pilot group. People are still limited to the max pick up.
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