WJA Pilot

Hi there,

I was wondering if someone could guide me to where in the Spirit CBA it states that a pilot will receive 4 days off in a row, if the language exists. I was under the impression that it did.
Thanks in advance.

WJA Pilot

Disregard. Found the language in Section 25.

Chimpy

Its 5 days off 😡

Feng

Ummm no, to the maximum extent 5 days. The lines have 5 consecutive days off here and there.

Chimpy

Meh, you're on my ignore list cant read your BS

Feng

Cool story bro

SourGrapes

symbian simian

Exactly what I always say, but without "if not then 2 hours of pay and/or at least twice a month" behind the "to the maximum extent possible" we both know what the company does.

putzin

Definitely smart and you're not missing much. Similar to bendo's letter, feng's tone has changed to that of a petulant child.

Good luck in your job search.

symbian simian

Quoted the troll without the screenname, hope that works for all


And that is why PBS is a "NO" for me. Most months the reserve grid is much more green than required before IOT starts so lines could have been build with more days off (and more soft time, or more days of for reserves) but the company wants us to drop the trips and lose the pay. Even with line bidding they will not honor the contract, and we need "at least twice a month", or "minimum 15/16 days off average for hard lines" added to the current language. PBS would be a can of worms were it would take the scheduling committee man-years every month to see if the company was following the contract.

As an example I was awarded a relief line (relief lines for all=PBS), I asked for a block of days off. In my award I had a block of reserve days exactly covering the days I wanted off, and all those days were green by +10 on the grid. Also at the beginning of the month I had a block of 5 days off were reserve was -10 red. I had the scheduling committee look at it and 3 guys with lower seniority then mine were awarded days off in my block of reserve. I ended up being able to get rid of the block but it was hours of work. Do we really want that?