TransWorld

Within reason.

Oh, I think I will finish watching the game on TV, have dinner with my family, and go to bed. Do you have a problem with that if you told your CP that? Should be there in 16 hours.

CloudSailor

Wake up, this is how the Corp. negotiates.

Over-hire to create the necessary doom and gloom right before the concessionary TA. Then after the TA squeaks by with some "wiggle room" at about 55% of the vote (with the necessary seniority voting blocks precisely targeted by the Co.'s negotiators), there will be hundreds of retirements (with their pancakes or whatever retirement options the TA might create) - which will have us back to being a lean airline, as FDX likes to operate.

CatIIAutoLand

Say it with me: "We are not overmanned. We are misbalanced." Now say it again.

M77C avg BLG: 83:56
M77F avg BLG: 85:04

That's in a 68CH month! By my math that means the M77 fleet is UNDERSTAFFED by 144 pilots if you assume a nominal (and comfortable) avg BLG of 74CH. If you take it to an avg BLG of 68CH, as we all should be able to live on, that number jumps to 245 pilots understaffed. Doing the same math fleet wide a BLG of 74CH system wide would put us at exactly staffed properly if the fleets were properly balanced. If you did it to a 68CH BLG the math says we are 400 pilots UNDERSTAFFED. That's for a traditionally lower post-peak Feb bidpack.

Bottom line is we are not overstaffed. We are suffering from a gross mismanagement of fleet staffing. By design? Me thinks so. That and their moronic method of running system bids means there is so much lag in the system that their is no ability to adjust fleet sizes dynamically as market conditions change. Run smaller more frequent bids!

I agree 100% with cloudsailor that IF we sign a new TA soon (and that's a big IF given some of the rumors regarding potential concessions) that "fixes" retirement, there will be a mass exodus of senior pilots. I wouldn't be surprised to see 400+ hit the door ASAP. *Poof* Suddenly the situation doesn't seem so dire.

Don't fall for their tactics. The math simply doesn't support the notion that we are overstaffed.

Ohh and ignore NoWork, they work for FedEx, just not as a pilot. There is zero other explanation.

WearyEyed

Had to report within a reasonable amount of time. It was basically accepted that the NY and LA areas were 3 hours and all other bases were 2, but it wasn’t wasn’t a hard number.

WearyEyed

I prefer no set time. Here if you show 1:31 after the call then you’ll get a letter in your file whereas having no hard times but simply accepted times that I mentioned in my previous response it is much preferred, IMO. Showing 10 min past the accepted callout times wasn’t going to get you a call from CRS or a chief pilot.

busdriver12

Nope. You don't have to notify the company of every single surgery, large or small. You also don't have to go out on short term disability and utilize your disability bank unless you want to, you have to request it. If you have any question about what to report, I would definitely ask for information from the union as opposed to calling Harvey Watt. They are not your friend. We used to be able to call Dr. Kendall at AMAS to find out what was required, but I don't think that's an option any more. I would never recommend that anyone do anything counter to the contract, but being required to report every surgery to the company and being forced to use your short term disability bank is not in the contract.

USMCFDX

You are 100% correct and AMAS is still available for free. Never call Harvey Watt unless required too do so.

Noworkallplay

You would rather have ambiguous language? Isn’t much of the bellyaching on the forums about ambiguous language? I have forgotten to check in numerous times or missed the deviation check in limits and never been harassed or disciplined.

busdriver12

That is very fortunate that AMAS is still a free recourse, they are fantastic. It is so important to get advice from someone who is your advocate, not someone who represents the company!

FXLAX

Is it really 1.5 hours though? I’ve heard it “interpreted” as 1 hour. Yeah, worse than mesa.