ASA Premium Pay for losers!

[maxcackel]

Premium pay for trips picked up. They should post the names of anyone picking up open time when we are this short staffed with our guys and gals on the street. We need the furloughs back NOW. There is Zero 200 capt reserves available today.

 

[LazyLightnin']

All I saw in the email was "Please see premium pay attachment". With, of course, no attachment.

 

[asayankee]

It wouldn't be ASA if they didn't screw it up at least once....

Anybody else getting tired of all these rah-rah "Go-Team" messages and emails. The Brad Holt honeymoon phase is definitely ending. Company back to treating everybody like crap

 

[PooPooPants]

I thought we were "adequately" staffed!

 

[Cpt Oveur]

Premium pay for trips picked up. They should post the names of anyone picking up open time when we are this short staffed with our guys and gals on the street. We need the furloughs back NOW. There is Zero 200 capt reserves available today.

Our union leadership has never ONCE gone on record to comment on picking up open time while we've had pilots on the street. This isn't a problem just in the summer, it has been a problem since January 1, 2009. I'd love to see our MEC or LEC reps have the balls to say don't pick it up, but they won't. We could have brought a lot of people back and more importantly upgraded some captains.

 

[Av8trix616]

Please consider the 130+ people on the street who are trying to survive when you choose to pick up a trip for "extra" cash. People with children, mortgages, trying to make ends meet and *choose* which bills to pay this month. Not everyone falls in to the convenient stereotype of the happy-go-lucky 20 year old F.O. with nothing to lose.

 

[filejw]

Our union leadership has never ONCE gone on record to comment on picking up open time while we've had pilots on the street. This isn't a problem just in the summer, it has been a problem since January 1, 2009. I'd love to see our MEC or LEC reps have the balls to say don't pick it up, but they won't. We could have brought a lot of people back and more importantly upgraded some captains.

Your MEC wont because it would put them and the union in a real legal mess. Get the provision you want in your contract like UPS did.

 

[LazyLightnin']

I thought we were "adequately" staffed!

It was working out so well for them until they started to have to pay time and a half to get things done. Seems a little fiscally retarded if you ask me.

Btw, the "fatigued" rate is climbing. Rightfully so.

 

[ASApuppy]

You have nothing to worry about in regards to this memo. It said only April 7 (which happens to be TODAY), and tomorrow. It further says that this only applies to pick up. OK, now here is the best part, there is no open time on the schedule! It has already been assigned to reserves. We never have open time inside of 72 hours. The 8th graders running the daily operation here continue to soar above the rest!

Now back to your regularly scheduled ranting.


Oh, BTW, I win for this one:


MESA SUCKS!

 

[Data]

We should be happy this is happening, it puts us one step closer to having to recall people. But instead, in true FI fashion, we get to hear all the whining. As for posting the names of the people that pick-up, good luck, the list will be huge.

 

[GeekMaster]

Our union leadership has never ONCE gone on record to comment on picking up open time while we've had pilots on the street. This isn't a problem just in the summer, it has been a problem since January 1, 2009. I'd love to see our MEC or LEC reps have the balls to say don't pick it up, but they won't. We could have brought a lot of people back and more importantly upgraded some captains.

They LEGALLY CAN'T !!!! To say that would be an illegal job action and cost the pilot group big fines.

 

[777forever]

What are the line values like again guys? What about reserve utilization? How many people crediting 90+hrs and timing out at the end of the month?

 

[PBRstreetgang]

We should be happy this is happening, it puts us one step closer to having to recall people. But instead, in true FI fashion, we get to hear all the whining. As for posting the names of the people that pick-up, good luck, the list will be huge.

Nope,
Not gonna happen, this is classic B.H., putting people on the payroll cost benefits, time and a half costs only when its offered and can be stopped anytime, unlike furloughs. B.H. is just getting warmed up, prepare for a robust round of reflows, reserves working psychotic schedules and general doouchebaggery from the S.S. department. You will soon hate him with a passion!
Enjoy
PBR
P.S. You will find every loophole in your contact, Brad will point them out and, use every single one to cornhole you.

 

[Hovernut]

Sadly, we have Clownair pilots picking up EF, too. They justify it by saying they're saving someone from being junior-manned. I guess they don't realize the union tracks JM events to use the stats against the company when it comes to negotiations or recalls. Sad....

 

[Pasturepilot]

Incentive pay, and you're just now complaining? I've heard some amazing offers made to training department guys to fly right seat for a round trip.. and that's been going on since right after the furloughs began.

 

[LazyLightnin']

Incentive pay, and you're just now complaining? I've heard some amazing offers made to training department guys to fly right seat for a round trip.. and that's been going on since right after the furloughs began.

I'd hope they are turning them down.

 

[Cpt Oveur]

You don't think it's within the reach of our union to relate the quantity of open time pickups and the number of furloughed pilots and put that on an e-mail with ALPA's logo on it? Fine, they can't come out with a rubber stamped message that says you are forbidden to pick up open time, but what's wrong with pointing out a cause and effect? Nothing. Our scheduling committee has the ability to track this data.

 

[LazyLightnin']

Notice how the two cowards who actully wrote the memo had to get a female in scheduling to mail it out for them. Clever scheme to prevent a backlash of angry replies, ya poons.

 

[probablecause]

Bump. Please nobody pick any of this up now and in the future until we bring some people back to their seats. What a kick in the nuts when they say we are adequately staffed.

 

[777forever]

Also this next month is going to be screwy anyways from people go to differences training or upgrade/downgrade