Pinnacle Staffing Cost 9E Pilots Fence Positions

[Flyprdu]

It's a shame that Mr. Bloch couldn't take into consideration the fact that our staffing levels were absolutely rock bottom at the time the snapshot was taken.

Case in point:
For the CRJ-900, he awarded a ratio blend of 2.72:1, XJ to 9E CA. By using aircraft on property (41:17), it should be 2.41:1, XJ to 9E.
That's not too terrible.

But this is awful:
For the CRJ-200, Bloch awarded a ratio blend of 5.41:1 9E to XJ CA. By using aircraft on property (124:17), it should be 7.29:1, 9E to XJ!!!

Pinnacle should have AT LEAST 100 more CRJ2 CA positions fenced off, and 30 more CRJ9 CAs.

I think that Mr. Bloch had the right idea, but at least he could have used the same measuring stick.

 

[RJLoser]

Yup. Agree 100% but it is what it is. Time to move on.

 

[bri5150]

Wanna trade back the 1.5-6 years of seniority you gained?

 

[GRAAB HIRBOUBI]

I don't get your math. It is 7.29 to 1 9e, 9l (Q's) to XJ. At 8 years seniority, most of the 9 company CA are higher than me with a lot less seniority. I really feel the victory...

I didn't get a raise in the new contract. The BEST I was hoping for was a better schedule. I won't get that.

 

[Flyprdu]

Sorry bud, my XJ equivalent DOH is 250 numbers in front of me. Seniority I gained not. I got stuffed behind a whole list of XJ S340 CAs and 9L Q400 CAs that ALL have less longevity than I do.

So I've lost bidding power, AND I have no protections to upgrade.

But let's talk about YOUR problems. :crying:

 

[xjgearbtch]

That's okay your Merger committee tried to pad the list with guys who already left and then fudge DOH to the point of a 30# increase in seniority. They saw the writing on the wall and tried their best, with no common decency, to get you higher.

All XJ is guaranteed a 70+ change in seniority with the flow thru but Bloch didn't include that either. Everyone is equally pissed, sounds like a fair SLI to me. Move on, move forward. Vote XJ LEC CA & FO reps!!!!!!

 

[Flyprdu]

That's okay your Merger committee tried to pad the list with guys who already left and then fudge DOH to the point of a 30# increase in seniority.

Pad the list? WTF are you talking about? If anything, it adversely affected most pilots here because it would push down their relative percentage.

Post again when you get a clue.

 

[mesaba13]

Mesaba does get credit for the flow in a way. We are not at our number of 272 and when flows leave we go below that number and fence our positions.

The 9E staffing helped us alot in the short term as some upgrades will be Mesaba until we get above the ratio. I would think that 9E is a much younger group so that when hiring does start in 2012 they will also have a bunch of attrition and go below their ratio and thus be able to protect their pre-merger postions.

It looks like the fences came directly from the Mesaba SLI Proposal and will serve both groups well.

PS why do you think Bloch should have used a different ratio? You guys had a corporation that was known for this prior to the merger and thus that is what the expectation was.

279:95 is what the 900 staffing was prior to the merger straight from the Bloch award verbiage. So he could have used 2.93:1 (279/95) instead of 2.72:1.

541:100 is what the 200 staffing was prior to the merger straight from the Bloch award verbiage. So he logically used 5.41:1.

 

[xjgearbtch]

Pad the list? WTF are you talking about? If anything, it adversely affected most pilots here because it would push down their relative percentage.

Post again when you get a clue.

Did I ruffle your feathers? That's okay go talk to the merger comittees and learn how deceitful PNCL's actions were. Thankfully Bloch saw thru it. That's where the buck stopped on that issue. Regardless everyone is pretty much equally pissed off, that's how a award SLI should pan out.

Blues clues out!!

 

[jynxyjericho]

The fences were definitely in Mesaba's favor.

Move along folks.