MEC Communications/LOA
03-02-2021, 07:04 PM
#31
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2018
Posts: 61
The flip side of the coin will be if the low value lines come back. The lower 1/3 who otherwise would have been furloughed will be complaining about how all of the senior pilots scoop every available trip to get their hours back to normal values while the junior get stuck with 35 hour lines and no hope of picking up flights.
03-02-2021, 08:17 PM
#32
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2015
Posts: 859
The flip side of the coin will be if the low value lines come back. The lower 1/3 who otherwise would have been furloughed will be complaining about how all of the senior pilots scoop every available trip to get their hours back to normal values while the junior get stuck with 35 hour lines and no hope of picking up flights.
So yeah, 35 hours is better than a furlough... Especially for the middle tier dudes who get to keep their 787FO 320CA gigs AND Pay rates instead of being bottom reserve back in Newark for 100 bucks less an hour.
03-03-2021, 06:47 AM
#34
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Joined APC: May 2019
Posts: 432
I already answered your question. He’s a career politician and is clearly demonstrating traits accordingly. What’s next man? “Why does my dog always bark when the doorbell rings?” It’s just what they do... you complaining on a public forum isn’t going to change that behavior.
03-03-2021, 07:44 AM
#35
777 - ret
Joined APC: Apr 2020
Position: Waco CG-4 center seat
Posts: 863
03-04-2021, 09:06 AM
#37
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2015
Position: Captain
Posts: 1,561
03-04-2021, 12:33 PM
#38
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Joined APC: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,351
Not true of all BES. Feds are still working on CARES 3, but they’re fighting over much sexier stuff than airline aid. It will likely come through eventually, but mid-March would be the earliest. (In keeping with our dysfunctional government, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they push it a couple weeks into CARES 2 expiration just to show their hands were tied, and backdate it to April 1.) In short, be prepared to bid for April as though LOA rules apply with likely CARES pay reconciliation by the time the checks actually arrive.
03-06-2021, 08:48 PM
#39
New Hire
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: 777 Captain
Posts: 9
April schedule awarding will be conducted under the terms and conditions of the Pandemic Recovery LOA. If CARES 3.0 passes and covers April, we’ll work with ALPA on reprising the “Paragraph S Compensation” process that was used in December and January and apply it to April.
Recall that Paragraph S payments will neither increase, decrease, or offset in any way the pay you will otherwise receive for April. All pilots can continue to fly whatever schedule level they had planned for April, and compensation for that flying will not be impacted by the “Paragraph S compensation” payments.
Scheduling April under the Pandemic Recovery LOA means there will be significantly fewer excess reserve pilots in April, therefore yesterday’s two-month ESLR awards were limited in scope and number.
Lastly, the April bid period falls into the “45% bucket” of the LOA, meaning MPG for April is as follows:
- 60:00 for Senior
- 55:15 for Middle
- 35:00 for Junior
03-10-2021, 04:13 PM
#40
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Joined APC: Aug 2013
Posts: 2,159
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