NJA Quality of Life

[blueridge71]

I know that the pay under the new NJ contract is exceptional, but what about the quality of life?

Specifically, I'm curious about reserve and standby. My current company situation with standby is starting to look like FLOPS where you are either on rest, flying, or standing by.

How are you treated by scheduling and the company in general?

 

[theskyking]

They like to get a full days work out of you, whether that be flying or stand by. I did spend this last Sunday on stand by at the hotel all day watching football and then airlined home the next morning, day 7. I was driving up into my driveway by 1000. Not typical, but does happen.

As far as standby at the FBO, the new contract has some sections addressing it. I'm sure I will be corrected if I am wrong, but after 3 hours of cumulative standby for the day, you start earning overtime. At 7 hours, it goes to double time.

Not sure what you mean by reserve. We can be scheduled stand by at home, hotel, or FBO. There is no reserve per se.

I'm sure some others will chime in as well.

 

[On Your Six]

Does unionization make a difference in this case?

 

[blueridge71]

thanks, Sky King. That is what I was looking for.

We can do airport standby all day for all seven days of the tour with no extra compensation.

Hotel reserve doesn't bother me.

What I meant by reserve was the flex schedules. I've heard those referred to as reserve.

How about overtime? Is that readily available if desired?

 

[blueridge71]

Also, under the new contract, do you just notify the company when you change bases or is some bidding involved?

 

[imacdog]

Just notify the company with a 30-day notice of your base change. You can change as often as you want but the minimum time you must spend at your new base is 30 days.

 

[realityman]

Does unionization make a difference in this case?

Yes. Anyone else earning overtime for standby at the FBO beyond 3 hours? That was something negotiated. Certainly wasn't anything required to be given by the company for any reason.

Actually, there are quite a few things in this section of the contract where the union made a big difference for us and our quality of life. Too many to list here.

But yes, the union made a difference in our standby (reserve) scheduling. (a positive difference)

 

[theskyking]

thanks, Sky King. That is what I was looking for.

We can do airport standby all day for all seven days of the tour with no extra compensation.

Hotel reserve doesn't bother me.

What I meant by reserve was the flex schedules. I've heard those referred to as reserve.

How about overtime? Is that readily available if desired?

Old reserve schedule is gone as of Feb. 1. With that schedule you could bid 2 sets of 2 hard days, and then the company was able to use you when they wanted throughout the month within some contractual limitations.

The new schedule is an 18 day schedule that is awarded by the 15th of the month prior. You will bid on tour length and days off using a PBS system yet to be implemented. The company will work those bids into a schedule that gets awarded by the 15th of the month and is not changeable by the company.

There will be a new schedule as of Feb. which will work more like a reserve schedule. It's a max 15 day work month in which the company can send you on a tour when they want, but it can be no longer than 5 days and will be followed by mandatory days off. On any day you are eligible for a tour, you will find out the night before by 1800L whether or not they are using you and what your show time will be.

Hope that helps.

 

[wms]

Are they still going to have the 7on/7off schedules?

 

[theskyking]

That's still there. Sorry. Should have mentioned it too.