3 green

I have received reroute pay before under certain circumstances..Not very often, but occasionally.. Most of the time I had credit in my trip and a reroute results in doing additional flying for free. The big thing is the 14 hour window...That is too far in the future until extra pay is received under this grievance resolution.

Check Essential

I can understand 14 hours. It was not just chosen at random.
The big thing is -- it allows enough time to use a long call reserve.

A couple hours for crew tracking to get things figured out and send the uncovered legs over to crew scheduling and then they have to build a rotation and still get in touch with the reserve >12 hours until report.

1Bob

Am I the only one who has had issues when the DCCU "upgraded" their accounts into the new online banking software?

cni187

Have you taken a look at the seniority list lately? Approx 48% of the list is 55 and older. All the South guys had their retirement ripped out from underneath them. I don't blame these guys for trying to stuff as much under the mattress as they can. 10 years from now this will be a different environment. That's not a very long time.

hookshot123

I am well aware. I am in that group.

sailingfun

This is a good settlement for the union. Your first sentence about having to offer the trips as open time is not quite correct. That is actually exactly what the dispute was about. It was certainly not agreed on. The company claimed they did not have to build individual segments more then 14 hours out into open time as long as the first segment became know with less then 14 hours. That would mean if a 4 day rotation became uncovered after the first leg withe less then 14 hours to the next leg the entire rotation could be covered via reroute.
DALPA interpreted the contract to be on a segment by segment basis meaning any legs reporting more then 14 hours out had to go to open time for coverage.
The company in this settlement acknowledges that they can only reroute into segments less then 14 hours and agrees that our interpretation was correct. The compromise was that the company can choose to cover the remaining portion of the rotation via reroute but will now have to pay a penalty of double pay for those legs.
We could have refused the settlement and it would have gone to arbitration with a ruling on one position or the other. This was a smart move setting up a substantial penalty to the company should they reroute into a segment more then 14 hours from when it became covered.

Purple Drank

How in the world would we prove the legs we got rerouted into were known about more than 14 hours prior?

We basically have to trust that the company will be honest and forthright. How has that been working out for us lately?

sailingfun

I don't think you understand that this was a grievance not a negotiation. The 14 hours was not in dispute nor up for change. If you feel 14 hours is to long you need to discuss it with your reps for inclusion in the coming contract. FYI the 14 number came about to allow the company to utilize a long call reserve to cover this type of flying. It gives them 2 hours from when the segment becomes uncovered for crew tracking to send the flying to crew scheduling and then build it into a rotation and contact the appropriate reserve.

sailingfun

No we don't, there is a time stamp on everything done in DBMS. DALPA has the exact same access to the scheduling computers as the company which is unusual. The company did not have to grant that level of access. Everything can be checked to the minute and we are in the process of adding another employee into contract admin to insure enforcement. Next time you have a long sit in ATL take the time to go over and talk with the contract admin guys and see what they do. You might actually come back with something nice to say about DALPa.

Purple Drank

What's to prevent the company from recreating a new rotation or leg from scratch? They do it all the time.

So now we should call DALPA every time we get rerouted?

Are you denying that the company has been less than honest about following the contract? Surely you can see that they are "pushing to test" more, and turning up the heat on pilots in general WRT sick calls, "productivity" inquisitions, etc.