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Yes, they can not displace as many as posted and they can offer more positions than posted.

Topic Change - VACATION WEEK LIST - for those who need to get in that last minute bid.

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BigGuns

What are you talking about???

Justdoinmyjob

Yeah, primary bids don't close until Jan 8th. Plenty of time to procrastinate......

newKnow

I think he's moved on to the vacation bid deadline thats coming up. THings move fast and furious around here.

Lifeisgood

Sorry, but it is not really a good attitude. We have a Union here, remember? And the Union will be as effective as we make it to be.
The scheduling doesn't have to agree to anything. They just follow the contract.

dragon

We may have a union, but they have repeatedly shown that the reserve pilot is not their focus. Scheduling has way too much leeway in the assignment of reserve obligations.

acl65pilot

They can opt not to displace as many as posted, AE more positions than posted, and not backfill or backfill more positions that posted. They are only required to AE as many positions as the position notice stated.

I cannot wait for SOC to occur. Lots of little and big events should transpire in the weeks and months following it.

They are just announcing the 31st. I am sure we have it, but it serves no purpose to come out a few days early stating so. Either way we are one big happy family, on time on the date that RA put out 18 months ago. That is a tremendous job by all divisions and our association.
Congrats guys on a job well done!

acl65pilot

I disagree. I agreed once, but after talking to many of the ppl that designed this system and when it was designed and why, I can see the intent behind it.
There are some major improvements that are low and no cost items that need to be improved asap. Our new Vice-Chair of C44 has stated that it is his goal to engage the company in some low and no cost items when it enters office. I beleive him. He has spent considerable time working on Section 23. Give him a shout and tell him what you think.

tsquare

And there it is... Kool-aid infused BS... nothing more. Sorry, he can justify it like anything else just by saying "How much will it cost?" Ya know what... applying seniority parameters to the reserve system will no more bankrupt this company than will giving us all the $100/month kumbaya bonus. LUV and Jblu do not "clean our clocks" because of the reserve system. That is utterly ridiculuous. We are a different animal than either of those 2 companies, and for alpa to pretend otherwise is disingenuous at best. Sure, we both fly airplanes, but that is where it ends. It is not OUR responsibility to pay for things. We are seniority based employees, and for the reason of "Son... you'll be senior some day".. it has been, and apparently will be continue to be allowed to abbrogate seniority to placate somebody's theory that seniority application to a reserve system will bankrupt the company. To quote Tim Bohan.. "Same as it ever was".

Edit addition: My complaint isn't necessarily with the whole reserve system either alfa... What burns my bagels is that retarded days of availability and how it relates to "yellowslipping" open time trips. THAT abrogates seniority big time, and is totally unsat.

capncrunch

Where do we go to find out how many days we have to bid for vacation? Is it the same as DALN where you have to bid it or its assigned?