ASA Reserve Quality of Life Survey

[the palm]

Reserve Quality of Life Survey extended until July 8, 2011.

LOL! Prolly didn't like the results at the close.

 

[Redan]

LOL! Prolly didn't like the results at the close.

Yeah, probably. Don't think they gave a reason.

 

[shamrock]

I'm all for improving QOL for our reserves, but not at the expense of the line holders. Hope our worthless MEC thinks about that. But I'm not holding my breath.

Now that's funny...

 

[777forever]

I was on reserve for 3 yrs here at ASA, and commuted to 4am shortcall for 8 months. Ive had a day off taken away and extended when I was about to commute home for a birthday dinner on my birthday! I support improvement for the reserve but will not support any improvement that comes at the expense of lineholders. Lots of movement coming next year hang in there reserves. I know your pain very well

 

[Redan]

Originally Posted by the palm
I'm all for improving QOL for our reserves, but not at the expense of the line holders. Hope our worthless MEC thinks about that. But I'm not holding my breath.

I was on reserve for 3 yrs here at ASA, and commuted to 4am shortcall for 8 months. Ive had a day off taken away and extended when I was about to commute home for a birthday dinner on my birthday! I support improvement for the reserve but will not support any improvement that comes at the expense of lineholders. Lots of movement coming next year hang in there reserves. I know your pain very well

I have little respect for this position. This is a perspective which has led to two classes of pilots at ASA. The archaic notion that reserve pilots are there to provide QOL for lineholders harkens back to a day when airlines staffed properly, when pilots were on reserve for brief periods of time and reserve pilots were used to cover sick calls versus open time. It has become extremely obvious that those days are over, LONG OVER. This viewpoint is no longer tolerable when we have large numbers of pilots experiencing extended periods under our onerous reserve system. It is rather disgusting to me that any pilot in our organization (lineholder or ALPA rep) finds this acceptable.

 

[Abernathy]

I was on reserve for 3 yrs here at ASA, and commuted to 4am shortcall for 8 months. Ive had a day off taken away and extended when I was about to commute home for a birthday dinner on my birthday! I support improvement for the reserve but will not support any improvement that comes at the expense of lineholders. Lots of movement coming next year hang in there reserves. I know your pain very well

I think reserve QOL needs to improve, absolutely. And NO, not at the expense of lineholders, however the fault here is with our corrupt MEC convincing us that this is the only way to do it. Reserve quality needs to improve period. Lineholder QOL is not that great as it is.

 

[bigshooter107]

I'll support improvements for line holders in the next contract but not at the expense of reserves........ This two pilot group sh@t is frakin stupid.

 

[fo.mafia.4 life]

I was on reserve fo a total of about 2 months so im not completely up to speed on the plight of reserves, but I will be back on reserve when I upgrade in the year 2035 (provided the airline doesn't completely implode before then). I think it is important for guys to realize that 60% of the pilot group is either on reserve or will be again sometime in their future, thus not supporting reserve QOL improvements at any cost is short sighted and masacistic. I was filling out my survey and wondering if I forgot anything: no call for release, either all GDO's or substantial premium for moved days, No more than 4 days on (think line holder schedule 4 on 3 off), pay protection for schedule changes, ready reserve shortened to 4 hours (preferably for 4 hours of pay), and taxiing aircraft from the hanger is not an assignment (thats the tug teams job). wishful thinking on most I know but I'm trying to show my support.

 

[asayankee]

Sick time always got me... If a lineholder calls in he is paid the full trip credit. If a reserve calls in sick he is only paid 3.95hrs/day for the same trip????

 

[SpaceShipEarth]

Hey I like that as a junior guy so I don't go through all my sick bank on one trip... I can see how I'll change my mind eventually

 

[paid4training]

This is a company wide attitude. It starts at the top of the company. What kills me is skywest has be better pay and qol than the union side!!!

 

[Nevets]

This is a company wide attitude. It starts at the top of the company. What kills me is skywest has be better pay and qol than the union side!!!

It's called, riding coatails.

 

[JoeMerchant]

It's called, riding coatails.

...call it anything you want, but it is better than many union pilots have...I call it success...

 

[Nevets]

...call it anything you want, but it is better than many union pilots have...I call it success...

Sure, you can call riding coattails success if you want.