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#101
That's awesome. Majority of my friends at DL, UAL, AA haven't upgraded yet either (some have been there well over 10 yrs)...the ones who have....live in base. If my options were commuting for the foreseeable future....I'd be lancing or just staying a FO. I can do weekend rsv if I'm driving to work....
I suspect you're right on how short upgrade would be here if our rsv rules mirrored those at OAL's.
I suspect you're right on how short upgrade would be here if our rsv rules mirrored those at OAL's.
#103
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,920
I show up to work, my guaranteed pay goes up…most airlines do not work that way. Your rsv trips work toward guarantee, not increase it.
#104
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,671
While commuting to reserve is a flaming turd at SWA, there are some saving graces. I have done it under two contracts, and this one is vastly superior to the old one. No reserve guarantee. What you fly or sit is what you get paid. No field standby. You also only have to work 15 or 16 days a month max.
You can keep the rest of it, but after working a few months of it after upgrade, it wasn't as bad as I remember doing it as a FO, when I had to sit under the old reserve guarantee for 18 months. That was garbage. Multiple times I checked out of my hotel room and showed up to the airport to find out that someone had taken my reserve trip on extra fly and that I needed to go back to the hotel. They would also fly you right up to the monthly guarantee then sit you for a couple days so that you could provide free insurance for them. Pilots started pushing back and either calling in sick or flipping reserve blocks to lock in their pay and they were getting called into the chief pilots office. Fun times. This contract was a huge improvement. I expect the next one to be even more so.
You can keep the rest of it, but after working a few months of it after upgrade, it wasn't as bad as I remember doing it as a FO, when I had to sit under the old reserve guarantee for 18 months. That was garbage. Multiple times I checked out of my hotel room and showed up to the airport to find out that someone had taken my reserve trip on extra fly and that I needed to go back to the hotel. They would also fly you right up to the monthly guarantee then sit you for a couple days so that you could provide free insurance for them. Pilots started pushing back and either calling in sick or flipping reserve blocks to lock in their pay and they were getting called into the chief pilots office. Fun times. This contract was a huge improvement. I expect the next one to be even more so.
#105
Compared to the last cba, our rules are way better than they were. Next contract they better fix all the crap that’s wrong like: Elitt rsv blocks, rsv pay same as lineholder for reroutes/premium, proffer trips, released from rsv once assigned trip, automatic release upon return to base on last day, waive dhd on last day if nothing else assigned upon checkin, etc.
I show up to work, my guaranteed pay goes up…most airlines do not work that way. Your rsv trips work toward guarantee, not increase it.
I show up to work, my guaranteed pay goes up…most airlines do not work that way. Your rsv trips work toward guarantee, not increase it.
#107
Compared to the last cba, our rules are way better than they were. Next contract they better fix all the crap that’s wrong like: Elitt rsv blocks, rsv pay same as lineholder for reroutes/premium, proffer trips, released from rsv once assigned trip, automatic release upon return to base on last day, waive dhd on last day if nothing else assigned upon checkin, etc.
I show up to work, my guaranteed pay goes up…most airlines do not work that way. Your rsv trips work toward guarantee, not increase it.
I show up to work, my guaranteed pay goes up…most airlines do not work that way. Your rsv trips work toward guarantee, not increase it.
remember to read the fine print.
I've talked with two reps who believed we got full retro last time.
#109
maybe thats good... who knows?
I'd like SRC to do an expose on it.
#110
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: Boeing
Posts: 543
Ive never actually been up front in a 747, but a buddy from my commuter days (in the J-ball as a matter of fact) is a captain on the whale for Atlas. He told me the cockpit width in the front seats was the same as the 737. He said if you don’t look behind you it’s pretty much the same thing from a comfort perspective. I’m sure someone here can speak to that. Either way, they have the ability to stand up and stretch. We really don’t. But if you think about those old PanAm clipper guys crossing oceans in essentially the same cockpit (from the plumber’s panel forward anyway) it makes me feel a little better about it. Those daffodils in le’bus aren’t really pilots anyway. Fancy pants computer operators. 😏😉
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