SWA Can't Rescue AT Pilots Soon Enough!!!

[malibuVride]

And the saga continues:

From the Fastread-
We are also aware the company has created pairings with reduced rest. The company has acknowledged this mistake, and we are working together toward a satisfactory resolution. While the company has improperly scheduled reduced rest, remember, it is incumbent upon the pilot to self-assess fatigue, and maintain the highest level of safety and professionalism.

First the new reserve min days off doesn't start yet, now there are lines with insufficient rest.

This "mistake" sounds very similar to their mistake several years ago with SAP in December. This sounds more like business as usual at da Tranny!

I wonder how the schedules and reserves will look for SWA pilots this month?

The games with mgmt will continue until the day all AT pilots work under SWA, and this day CANNOT COME FAST ENOUGH!!!

 

[StopNTSing]

Yep. The more AT guys I hear from makes me think this is not a merger, or an acquisition. It's a liberation....think WWII France by the allied forces for a fitting analogy. Hang in there bros, it's gonna get better!

 

[redflyer65]

That's brutal.

 

[Flying the Line]

January Lines at WN average 93 trips for pay and 18 days off, reserves get 15 days off.

 

[GuppyWN]

..... with a contractual minimum of 10 hours rest, or more like 14 or 15 hours on average.

Gup

 

[FL717]

January Lines at WN average 93 trips for pay and 18 days off, reserves get 15 days off.

Wow! That is incredible! The lines at Airtran are close... but not quite as good.

The average lines at Airtran for January:

63 hours credit with 95 hours of block;
Average of 8 days off;

The good thing is that there are plenty of Reserve lines to choose from.

I think the 737 bid package shows 250 Total lines:

45 hard lines
50 CDO (Standup) lines
150 reserve lines

There are 5 lines that have nothing on them. Those lines are for people to come in and work a 12 hour "SecurityPatrol" rotation in the crewroom. This is neccessary with all the convicted felons that Airtran employs.

Good times ahead I am sure....

 

[GuppyWN]

Uh....... yeah. That whole Airport Standby thingy? That ******************** doesn't fly at WN.

You're joking about the hard/reserve/CDO lines right?

Gup

 

[DonVerita]

Yes, he's joking. The post is fictional. But it underscores the seething anger this pilot group has towards Management.

 

[runwayjockey]

Wait until you see what we b!tch about here at SWA.

A crappy profit based raise of only 3%.

A company paid for Telex ANR headset that nobody likes.

We even have guys b!tchin about having to pay $24 a month to support our fellow brothers who are unfortunately sitting on the sidelines with permanent disabilities.

Welcome aboard!

 

[Ty Webb]

..... with a contractual minimum of 10 hours rest, or more like 14 or 15 hours on average.

Gup

Same here . . . . .These lines are not contract-compliant.

This is, however, the first month of a new contract and our Union folks and Mgmnt are in meetings right now trying to work this stuff out, so I took the high road and deleted the references to incompetence and microphallus.