ASA 150% open time

[goahead]

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[777forever]

Maybe you should put down that ice cold Kool-Aid, junior.

Now that was funny. The Kool-Aid is delicious! By the end of the summer you'll see why I told you to drink some!

BTW, why doesn't the Union do a handshake agreement allowing reserves to pickup open-time less than 72hrs out? This would fix all kinds of shortage problems.

 

[Abernathy]

Now that was funny. The Kool-Aid is delicious!

I'll take your word for it. I wouldn't know.

By the end of the summer you'll see why I told you to drink some!

We'll see..

BTW, why doesn't the Union do a handshake agreement allowing reserves to pickup open-time less than 72hrs out? This would fix all kinds of shortage problems.

The ASA MEC doesn't care about issues that affect reserve pilots, and won't waste time dealing with the "little things." Reserve pilots are insignificant. Just not important enough. There's a reason reserve still sucked with the PBS agreement, even though they could have easily had an LOA (not a handshake) that could have improved QOL just even a little bit.

 

[buscap]

i think he was just kidding about tire slashing,

Well then, how bout a freakin smiley face!!??

 

[maxcackel]

There has been no shortage of fatigue calls for this stuff, and it'll hit them hard this summer. There's a reason they've let KS harass fatigue callers. There will be calls to the FAA this summer, I can guarantee it. More and more FOs and CAs are at the point where they just don't care anymore.

Our MEC is too busy making sure everyone gets an obscene amount of time to figure out if they want to upgrade to captain or not and not enough time ensuring the company abides to other more important contract provisions. The MEC has been bought cheap by the company for 6 hour days.

That is for sure. And as far as the fatigue calls they have a new trick for this, you can fly six hours on day five and if you call fatigue they will adjust your minimum monthly guarantee not the day 3.95 for not being available for a portion of the day! WTF KS will not back the pilots one bit.

 

[zawillif]

Don't know about the ATL lines, but the July IAD lines have 1 with 14 days off, about 11 with 13 days off, and the rest less. Most are mid 90s credit.

 

[Pasturepilot]

Our recall class was combined with a recurrent class today. The FO next to me picked up a premium pay trip on his laptop as he told me how he was still paying for his Breitling.

 

[Abernathy]

Our recall class was combined with a recurrent class today. The FO next to me picked up a premium pay trip on his laptop as he told me how he was still paying for his Breitling.

financing a watch. Always a prudent financial move.

 

[Plainsman]

Heard a rumor about ks being caught sleeping on his desk with drool comming out of the side of his mouth. He told the fo not to say a word. Fo said ok to him, but made it a point to tell everyone.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

financing a watch. Always a prudent financial move.

LMAO. Now that you mention it. Financing a car, your home or your education, I can understand.

 

[Skippy]

UPS's union flat out told their pilots to not pick up open time.

ASA's union has told its pilots (yes, I was in the room) to not pick up open time UNTIL it became 150% open time, and then have at it. This is just my opinion, but the union execs are either more concerned with lining their own pockets OR demonstrating to the company that without furloughs its going to become more expensive to fly the schedule with fewer people. If the furloughs were all back, it would probably be cheaper than offering 150% pay for these trips.

Oh yeah, watch out for the duty/trip rigs. They absolutely do not apply to these pickups, so don't complain about that, read your contract...

to offer 150% thru the summer months is nothing to running lean the entire year-- dont be fooled---- you shouldnt pick up open time at all with pilots furloughed PERIOD or shour i say !!!!!!!!!

 

[rtmcfi]

I don't qualify for a slashing under your criteria

Good on ya, I hope your peers follow your example.

We can get language which would give the MEC the power to make picking up open time embarrassing or difficult.

It shouldn't take contractual language to embarass a pilot for picking up open time while his co-workers are out on furlough. Most of us were raised better, and our concience wouldn't allow us to be such selfish jackasses. Still, I guess the language would come in handy for the morally bankrupt few.

I'm sure you would be willing to publish the names of pilots who pick up open time.

Absolutly damn sure right I would. Don't want to be on the list? Don't be a ****************************** nozzle that picks up open time with others on furlough.

Or maybe set up an online bulletin board with pictures of their kids? Put signs in the crew lounge letting everyone know we still have furloughs?

Not a bad idea.

Rest assured, I am not at ASA, or anywhere near ATL. I prefer it north of the Mason-Dixon line, especially in the summer. I won't be the one slashing tires, running wives off roads, hitting folks with tire irons, or committing any other acts of old-school union thuggary that you can think of.