rtmcfi
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This is not a violation of seniority.quote]
If it is not a violation of seniority, what is it?
Quit while your behind......
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This is not a violation of seniority.quote]
If it is not a violation of seniority, what is it?
Quit while your behind......
If it is not a violation of seniority, what is it?
Quit while your behind......
How about answering the question. If we are not running classes at the time and only one slot is open do you really expect them to run one special class for one person? Do you expect them to pay for 2 months worth of hotels for a TDY while waiting for a pilot to get done with training? Either way is quite unreasonable. It is NOT a violation of seniority.
The most senior ABLE BODIED person is transfered instead of either wasting money on running one special class or wasting money on TDY expenses for a couple months. You complain about how it is a violation of seniority. What are your solutions? How can a union fix this? It is already in the policy manual which is a very reasonable policy. We will probably be done hiring for a little bit sometime this winter. It is absurd to expect the company to run special classes. Do any airlines actually award classes to one person if they aren't doing any hiring at the time?
rtmcfi said:How about you join the rest of us in the real world.
1. When do you see an airline with 2700 pilots stopping training. Unless something awful happens, attrition alone will keep the training department going.
rtmcfi said:2. In your scenario, the company is going to first crank up the PBS line credit. Next, they will flow other pilots from other domiciles through the base that is short. Ever see someone from DEN or SLC doing turns in and out of ORD? Once that option no longer works, reserves will be doing those trips. Once there is sufficient demand to run a class, it will happen. No one expects, or receives an individual class. I hope you already knew that. I hope you don't really think your fantasy-land scenario is an issue that would come up at OO.
rtmcfi said:3. If a company places a Jr. plot into a slot that a Sr. pilot wants, it IS an abrogation of seniority. The reasoning behind the move is immaterial. I don't know why you have such a difficult time grasping that. I hope the rest of your life does not find you struggling so mightily to grasp such simple concepts.
newman....
yes...you tdy a reserve to that domicile until the most senior person that wants it is trained. that way the domicile still shows an opening and that senior dude can bid into it. if they award it to whoever is trained, then there is no longer an opening to bid into and the senior person may never get to that domicile. is that right? tdy is a cost of doing business.
Attrition also does not last forever. Majors will not always be hiring
so your suggesting you make the entire domicile work more credit than they want while you wait for the person to get through training? Isn't that unfair to the senior guys already there who do not want to work long hours? Again you are suggesting to cause a lot of people to go to the trouble of working extra hours for one person.
There is enough movement at SLC, ORD, and DEN to always run classes for those bases
Guess what growth runs out eventually and classes will stop eventually
Yes I have known all along technically it is a seniority violation
Pretty much anyone involved in a seniority system.but who cares?
I'm not suggesting it, it already happens. It is one of the biggest reasons that companies push so hard for PBS. What did your non-legally recognised bargaining agent get for you in return?
Well said! I hate to say it, but Newman's attitude is quite prevalent at SKYW. Lots of people are content to let other UNION airlines raise the bar and then follow it up. Pretty selfish.
As for the other arguments about show me a list of people who got fired... Who needs a list? If 1 pilot (DD) out of our 2600 was fired without just cause then that is enough. What if that one pilot were you?
More days off, more flexibility, better schedule, better QOL, need I say more? Hands down my schedule is better than it would have been under the hard line system.Nope you aren't selfish. Ask some junior guys how they like their schedules.
The idea behind a union is to bring EVERYONE up. Not leave out 25% of the pilot group from a pay package, or sacrifice junior schedules to PBS so that top guys can get dream schedules.
More days off, more flexibility, better schedule, better QOL, need I say more? Hands down my schedule is better than it would have been under the hard line system.Nope you aren't selfish. Ask some junior guys how they like their schedules.
The idea behind a union is to bring EVERYONE up. Not leave out 25% of the pilot group from a pay package, or sacrifice junior schedules to PBS so that top guys can get dream schedules.
It's not just the junior skeds that are being sacrificed...I'm in one of those small senior domiciles that Newwoman keeps flapping his gums about and I've had at least 1 and usually 2 or 3 forced pairings on my bid every month since we went with PBS. Not to mention, our existing pairings would be a lot better if they didn't keep having crews from other domiciles(junior to us) not only doing some of our flying but costing the company money in additional unnecessary hotel costs!!!
3. Again you speak from paranoia not facts. Has anyone at SkyWest ever been unfairly bumped ahead in seniority? The only seniority bumps that happen are those who have been SkyWest employees before. They goto the head of the class in seniority but still have the same DOH as everyone else. It has not happened yet. The airline has been pretty good about honoring the seniority system. Some people will speak of the bucket system. That system is simply the most efficent way to use reserves. Why use 3 reserves to cover one 4 day trip when you can use one reserve in the 4 day bucket to cover the entire trip. Seniority is still honored within the bucket. This is how reserve should have been all along. 1 day bucket does locals, 2 day bucket does 2 days etc. etc. This is a reasonable efficent way to do reserve..
The idea behind a union is to bring EVERYONE up. Not leave out 25% of the pilot group from a pay package, or sacrifice junior schedules to PBS so that top guys can get dream schedules.
The short answer is that these things are happening because they are not directly addressed in the contract. I am not overly familiar with MAG contract, but if this issue is addressed then it needs to hammered out in the grievance process.
Union protection only protects what is written in the contract. If a new issue comes up then the union meets with management to come up with a TA that is on point for the new issue.
Bottom line is that whatever your previous experiences were with your pilot's union (teamsters, alpa, independent), your experience with a union here at SKYW is bound to be different. We are a different pilot group, different managment, and we would be new union. We don't know what managements' reaction to a union will be. We don't know what our first contract will be like. We don't know a lot. We do know that with a framework of legal representation it is up to us to become unified and put into a place a strong contract that protects us from the situations we face now and situations we might face in the future.
I like how you said that union protection on ly protects what is written in the contract.
ok....well at my former company, the pilots were only allowed to be "madatory junior manned" up to 3 times a year. The company would do this and after three times tell the pilot on the phone that they will do it and to just "file a grievance with the union". So the pilot then would file a grievance. When you called to check up on the status...you would hear: "The MEC is busy addressing other issues right now, we will get back to you as soon as we have an answer". You would never hear back.
Why is this??? It was written in our contract!!! I can pull out more examples if you'd like of "written contracts" that were continually violated by the company and the union did NOTHING!!!.
Why is this??? It was written in our contract!!! I can pull out more examples if you'd like of "written contracts" that were continually violated by the company and the union did NOTHING!!!.
I hate to partake in this post again but there are some things being misrepresented here again.
The issue of "events" happening out of seniority. At my previous employer, which was ALPA there was an event that comes to mind when one base started going senior while the other junior. Some "shifting" around of lines, etc. started taking place and senior pilots at one domicile were bumped to reserve. These pilots put in transfer requests for a junior base and were denied. Meanwhile the company was hiring new pilots and the new guys were going to the junior base and were holding lines out of class...all the while senior guys were not allowed to transfer into this domicile.
When it was brought to ALPA's attention they said they were "looking into it". Nothing ever came of it, those pilots were stuck at that base on reserve until they got lines again.
How could this happen with "union protection?"
Here's another scenario...Mesa constantly upgrades out of seniority as well as hires street Captains.
They also discriminate against employees based on their aircraft. Example, the EMB145 base in Dulles goes junior. At Mesa, if you are on an aircraft and you go to upgrade on that aircraft they run an "shortened" upgrade. i.e., 4 days of ground school, and I belive 3 sims. Now if you are on the CRJ or another aircraft and want to upgrade on another aircraft you are constantly bypassed because you won't be able to do the "shortened" training.
How can this possibly happen at a union carrier???
I like how you said that union protection on ly protects what is written in the contract.
ok....well at my former company, the pilots were only allowed to be "madatory junior manned" up to 3 times a year. The company would do this and after three times tell the pilot on the phone that they will do it and to just "file a grievance with the union". So the pilot then would file a grievance. When you called to check up on the status...you would hear: "The MEC is busy addressing other issues right now, we will get back to you as soon as we have an answer". You would never hear back.
Why is this??? It was written in our contract!!! I can pull out more examples if you'd like of "written contracts" that were continually violated by the company and the union did NOTHING!!!.
Okay I've come up with 3 off the top of my head...
1. A written contract that would be binding on a successor
2. Only be subject to discipline for "just cause" - With an appeal path all the way to the Supreme Court.
3. Right to force the company to negotiate with you in "good faith" or face self-help.
You mentioned Com Air, Mesa, and ASA
Mesa - work rules/pay sucks, but they ended up utilizing a LOT of negotiating capital getting a solid scope and all of the MAG pilot-groups under one contract. They will have much more leverage the next time. Pilots only bitch about pay rates/work rules, but there is a reason Scope is Section 1 of every ALPA pilot contract.
ASA - what about them? The way I see it, it is your beloved management that is putting the screws to this pilot group. If your management had it their way, there would be no ASA pilot group...their contract-and the fact they were unionized is the only thing that is keeping your management from ramming your payrates/workrules down their throats.
ComAir - There company went bankrupt, it had nothing to do with ALPA. They spent the last few years with an industry (regional industry) leading contract.
Let me ask you this...
If the Skywest pilots were themselves on the receiving end...
What would stop management from suddenly cutting your pay rates say...UAL cancelled your code-share?
Say Skywest had to furlough, what would stop your management from furloughing for convinience instead of seniority? Let's see, that Midwest deal didn't work out...let's close the Milwaukee base - all Milwaukee pilots are furloughed regardless of seniority. Do you think the rest of your non-furloughed pilots would put up a fight?
If Skywest were bought by another carrier - say Mesa, what would stop Mesa from dissolving your pilot group and giving you a "take it or leave it" proposition. Maybe you will be lucky and they will give you a preferential interview. I'll give you a hint, the answer is a 7 letter word that starts with n and ends in g n_ _ _ _ _ g!
Funny...
Binding contract???
We saw what happened at Delta, United, Northwest, etc... When things hit the fan, where was ALPA to stand up for their contract they had signed years prior? People have the notion that once you signed your contract, everything will follow 100%. We all know that's not the case, so don't give me that lame excuse.
You also sound like ASA was the place to be prior to SKYW buying them. People hated there when was owned by Delta. Though I don't agree with things that SKYW management are doing to them now, I just don't see how ALPA is the answer.
Your argument has no basis about UNITED and Skywest losing their flight. If , and there is a big if, were to happen, I guarantee you if management wanted to impose a pay cut, it would happen. ALPA or not. We all saw what happened to MESABA. It is just bull to believe that ALPA will fight for you and will stand up for everything that is on the contract.
Skywest management, even though far from perfect, has always tried to do an OK job running this airline. Now they are portraited to be the devil in person, and without ALPA we will all get F***** in the butt.
How come ALPA doesn't report where the money goes? What happened to my 2% I had taken away from my family and given to ALPA? Where did it go?
What do they do with it?
Sounds like someone who did not go to any local meeting, or work on any comittees. POS who instead of standing tall and working towards a better future for his co-workers, said fukkit, I am going to SKYW for the quick upgrade. Guess what? You are gonna be swinging the gear for a former ASA F/O, and guess what I hope it happens that way, because they paid their dues the hard way, you took the easy way, leaving your co-workers hanging, because you are too greedy for the fast upgrade.I like how you said that union protection on ly protects what is written in the contract.
ok....well at my former company, the pilots were only allowed to be "madatory junior manned" up to 3 times a year. The company would do this and after three times tell the pilot on the phone that they will do it and to just "file a grievance with the union". So the pilot then would file a grievance. When you called to check up on the status...you would hear: "The MEC is busy addressing other issues right now, we will get back to you as soon as we have an answer". You would never hear back.
Why is this??? It was written in our contract!!! I can pull out more examples if you'd like of "written contracts" that were continually violated by the company and the union did NOTHING!!!.
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