PDT Crews and CrewTrac Web- some facts.

[Sig]

The ministry of disinformation would have us believe that CrewTrac Web is "financially undoable." To a reasonable person, the implication is that it is too expensive to acquire.

Since our management team (hello, guys!) loves to separate "facts" from "truth," here are some more "facts."

The equipment, the license and the background wherewithalls were purchased by SSO for both PSA and PDT. We own it.

PSA went live and handed management their wrinkly arses via the grievance process.

PDT management asked for a moratorium on our SBA in order to make it go "live." The union kindly asked them to pound sand rather than give up your rights under the contract- to see how they break the contract.

The financial burden PDT refuses to carry is the increased cost of doing business in their insipid, devious and pathetic daily way in the form of massive grievances, NOT the purchase of the product.

Here's the rub: It is another admission of guilt and failure to withhold the product from the crews. What are they hiding? Why would they hide the scheduling supervisor in a room during a DOD audit? Why wouldn't they just play nice and follow FARs and the contract? Why would they waste the money on licensing and computer equipment that is gathering dust in SBY HQ?

Why not? Because it is financially undoable. That, folks, is the difference between fact and truth.

 

[sucit]

What is your source? I am so sick of this mgt. At what point do we say enough is enough. What can we do?? This place is going down anyway we might as well go down swinging with everything we have!

 

[Metro752]

Did you guys get the EFBs in your planes yet?

 

[OPECJet]

What is your source? I am so sick of this mgt. At what point do we say enough is enough. What can we do?? This place is going down anyway we might as well go down swinging with everything we have!

If Sig is posting something about scheduling, you can look at it as fact. This is one of the few guys on FI, or anywhere else for that matter that doesn't open mouth before engaging brain.

As far as enough being enough, it was enough for me back in '05.

 

[NCFlyer]

Did you guys get the EFBs in your planes yet?

Not yet, they say it will be at least the middle of 2010 before we see any EFB's.

Typical of this place. The chief pilot was in our CQ class in Aug 2008 and told the class about the coming EFB's.

 

[Sig]

What is your source? I am so sick of this mgt. At what point do we say enough is enough. What can we do??

We can't "do" anything now that we couldn't "do" before. But access to information is zero. The contract doesn't allow pilots to see what are termed Actuals. It is an after-the-fact look back at what CrewTrac Web would allow looking forward.

For example- when open flying outpaces reserve availability, junior mans are planned. Not the day before, but the month before. Yes, some JRM have to occur as a pop up trip due to a sick call or out of place crew, but yes- JRMs are mapped just like RSV days. How? RSVs are assigned open flying with the bid finals, wayyyyy beyond the open flying provisions for pickup. If we were to see this, every person available for the open flying that could have gotten it would win the grievance and get paid for not doing it.

That's how fouled up this company is! It is very hard to do, but I've done the following: I was put into a strange overnight on a modified pairing that "just came up" with a short call out that morning. My hotel reservation was made in my name a few days prior! It won't work with regularly assigned RONs- you are just taking a blocked crew room PDT reserved with the bid package.

This place is going down anyway we might as well go down swinging with everything we have!

Pay very close attention to your rights when being force moved, and our Section 21 is probably the very best in the entire industry. Grieve it.

 

[sucit]

did anyone hear what happened at the town hall today?

 

[Sig]

did anyone hear what happened at the town hall today?

Not a whole lot- they were surprised that the pilots knew about it, which IMHO is fantastic.

The things that were rehashed were the obvious- just read the press release in SF's voice. There WAS a single question that smoked SF in his shoes. It isn't relevant, but his answer was completely flagged BS by a printed letter addressed to him... another thing they were surprised the pilots knew about.

Again, it wasn't relevant (details about the hierarchy in express mgt), but to dropkick him with a printed letter was priceless.

 

[DC8Driver]

Not a whole lot- they were surprised that the pilots knew about it, which IMHO is fantastic.

The things that were rehashed were the obvious- just read the press release in SF's voice. There WAS a single question that smoked SF in his shoes. It isn't relevant, but his answer was completely flagged BS by a printed letter addressed to him... another thing they were surprised the pilots knew about.

Again, it wasn't relevant (details about the hierarchy in express mgt), but to dropkick him with a printed letter was priceless.

Great Idea. "Drop kick" your leaders. When they sit around trying to decided wheather to keep PDT as an airline or just make it a ground handling company, they will remember your drop kicking.
Instead of being glad you have a job or working constructively with your company, get on here and bitch.

Where are you going to go next? Think about it.

Good luck to you and yours.

 

[FMEpilot]

Let me make it very clear...BECAUSE OUR LEADERS MADE IT VERY CLEAR...'THEY DO NOT CONTROL THE FUTURE OF PDT.'