marcal

Through sheer bad luck, I'm going to exhaust my allotment of sick time this year. I know it resets June 1, but is there anything to do to not lose pay after exhausting it? I will have gone over about 10 hours. Do I just lose 10 hours credit/pay?

sailingfun

Ed never claimed that. This was hashed out over and over again. The companies claim to Wallstreet when asked how they could afford the contract was that all the changes with the refleeting being the biggest would pay for the contractual improvements via increased revenue and productivity. You need only look at the quarterly reports to see how much pilot costs have gone up since the start of the contract. They certainly have not stayed the same.
As far as offsets there were something like 5 or 6. The big two were reducing when a reserve was full and counting vacations and all known absences when determine full status. Others included increased training and vacation pay and the increase in sick leave. The sick leave part turned out to be far greater then the company expected hence their current fixation with that subject.

BenderRodriguez

If it's only 10 hours, you can use your bank to fill up. You guys need to learn about the bank, I'm telling you) If you are going to be out for awhile you can go on ST disability and get it recharged. I think. I would call Karen Browne Fleck at dALPA and talk to her about it though. I had a similar thing happen a few years back, and I had knee surgery on the last weekend of May to get that recharged. I might be giving you old information, so call Ms Browne-Fleck. You might have to leave a voice mail, but she'll get back to you.

sailingfun

Do not rely on the Forum for this. Call 1 800 USA ALPA and ask for Karen Fleck. There is no way to even attempt to answer the question with the limited info you gave.

NuGuy

There are guys out there who keep carefully archived posts, from this and other forums, going back much further than that. One guy copied a post from a forum he didn't even have access to over on "the other board" from before the merger.

Not sure to what end someone needs to "archive" stuff like that. But everyone needs a hobby, I guess.

Nu

satchip

Do you really expect an answer to that?....

maddogmax

Tastes like Chicken

1Bob

The largest offset in job loss was supposed to be the early retirement program. As I recall less than a third of those expected to, actually took it.

BenderRodriguez

Early retirement programs aren't worth the paper they are printed on. Ever.

CheapTrick

I will agree with Carl when he is correct (which is almost never), but.... Why does a guy leave because he hates this place and then come back... as a different poster... but spouting the exact p.o.v. as his previous incarnation? What's the point? Is he embarrassed at not being able to stay away? I'm with Carl. Why not bring back TSquare?

Perhaps he just wanted to be born again. A do over. A new start. Our maybe the Dixie Mafia was closing in. Never double down on the Vols - three weeks in a row.