Originally Posted by LeineLodge

You're correct in that you're full when you reach your personal RSV guarantee - this can be reduced by PD, Vacation, CQ, etc.

To keep it simple, in a month where you don't have anything to reduce your guarantee, you will be full at the published RSV guarantee for your category. Let's say your category's RSV guarantee is 72 hours, then AFTER your credit for the month meets or exceeds 72 hours, you are full and won't be assigned flying without a YS. If you are at or below 71:59 and a trip pops up, you can be assigned the trip as long as it keeps you below ALV+15, which in this case would be 89 hours (assuming the ALV is 74, or guarantee + 2 hours).

This differs from the past where they could not assign you a trip that exceeded ALV unless you YS.

In many cases the new contract does allow them greater access to a reserve, but let's say for example you have a week of vacation in the same month from above. Now your personal guarantee is 49:15 (72 hours minus 22:45 of vacation) and you will be considered full once you reach that point, whereas in the past they could have still assigned you flying up to the ALV of 74 hours, essentially leaving you open for abuse in a month where you had some sort of VTS offset.

While certainly not perfect or ideal, I don't think it's going to be as bad as some guys are predicting. There will certainly be a few guys going over ALV where they wouldn't have in the past, but we will not be seeing many RSV's flying into the high 90's - it's just too difficult to get there on a regular basis.

Originally Posted by p3flteng

Had a conversation with the 73 CLCP, and he said no, we will not be doing any SNN or western Europe stuff like DUB. They are planning to use it as a 75 domestic replacement...IE Transcons and red eyes.
Sad... I was so looking forward to Shannon!

Originally Posted by redship

With Part 117 allowing us to fly up to 9 hours it wouldn't surprise me. 737 pay and only 2 pilots! This sounds like a no brainer. Only time will tell...

Originally Posted by redship

Rumor from a recent in command class:

Direct from RA: Delta will own Alaska sooner rather then later.

Originally Posted by sailingfun

Carl, it's a shame you never even read the contract you complain so much about. The amendable date of the contract was 1 Jan 2013. The raise on that date totaled 12.8 percent on the pay tables. 4 percent of that was put into effect early as some kind of signing bonus. Reserve pay should now end up on average around 75.5 hours. That is about another 8 percent.
These cost neutral changes as you call them are why your total compensation is going to be up over 120,000 a year since the merger and your hourly rate up over 120 per hour including the DC next JAN.

Originally Posted by redship

With Part 117 allowing us to fly up to 9 hours it wouldn't surprise me. 737 pay and only 2 pilots! This sounds like a no brainer. Only time will tell...

Originally Posted by redship

Rumor from a recent in command class:

Direct from RA: Delta will own Alaska sooner rather then later.