Need a day off?? I don't think so.....
08-28-2014, 05:32 PM
#22
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2010
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The blame rests on us? They say no coverage with tons of reserves avail, no open ids, no weather, and on a weekday. Saying no coverage is like Vladimir saying we don't have troops in Ukraine.
08-28-2014, 05:36 PM
#24
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Joined APC: Oct 2012
Posts: 218
We used to have something called "bad day/worse day". Basically, you could swap work days according to the RSV coverage. If you are scheduled to work on Friday, but the coverage is worse on Thursday, you could swap days.
ALPA, in its infinite wisdom, does not support BDWD, because it claims it is staffing negative. ALPA claims that without BDWD, and the UPA, we will have above min coverage making trades easy. It's been a year since we lost BDWD. I have lost all schedule flexibility and coverage still sucks. Call your reps and insist that they work to bring BDWD back!
ALPA, in its infinite wisdom, does not support BDWD, because it claims it is staffing negative. ALPA claims that without BDWD, and the UPA, we will have above min coverage making trades easy. It's been a year since we lost BDWD. I have lost all schedule flexibility and coverage still sucks. Call your reps and insist that they work to bring BDWD back!
08-28-2014, 05:46 PM
#26
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: B777 FO/IRO
Posts: 264
I was able to trade reserve days and in fact I got all weekends off in our September bid month. All 5 of them. Just keep trying. They can't cover the next day ever, so I usually put HDO's towards the beginning of the month, and then lobby to trade them into LSR days.
Just be forewarned, if you move an HDO it turns into an RDO and does not revert back into an HDO.
Just be forewarned, if you move an HDO it turns into an RDO and does not revert back into an HDO.
08-28-2014, 08:14 PM
#27
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,083
It sure does. We negotiated no real limits on the min reserve levels, now we're complaining about them taking advantage of it? Expect the company to do nothing to improve your life that isn't in the UPA in plain, unambiguous language. That's how it usually works in the real world.
What in the contract prevents them from doing that? I'm more amazed that guys are complaining about the company taking full advantage of the contract. Maybe we'll learn next time around... nah! I'll end with an analogy to counter yours: You stick your arm in a lion's cage and it gets ripped off... whose fault is it? I guess you think the lion's to blame.
They say no coverage with tons of reserves avail, no open ids, no weather, and on a weekday.
08-29-2014, 04:22 AM
#30
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Joined APC: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,071
It sure does. We negotiated no real limits on the min reserve levels, now we're complaining about them taking advantage of it? Expect the company to do nothing to improve your life that isn't in the UPA in plain, unambiguous language. That's how it usually works in the real world.What in the contract prevents them from doing that? I'm more amazed that guys are complaining about the company taking full advantage of the contract. Maybe we'll learn next time around... nah! I'll end with an analogy to counter yours: You stick your arm in a lion's cage and it gets ripped off... whose fault is it? I guess you think the lion's to blame.
Just to be clear, the topic we are discussing is not the company taking full advantage of the contract. This goes way beyond that.
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