XJT & ASA Contract Information

[buscap]

No......

Incorrect...sort've.

There are types of pick ups which are instantaneous. I learned this one the hard way.

 

[greg52083]

but what about day for day trades? Like trading one 4 day or another 4 day on the same days?

 

[buscap]

but what about day for day trades? Like trading one 4 day or another 4 day on the same days?

Usually not a problem, but the entire open time system is going to change under PBS. Right now it's done daily, in a 12 hour window, awarded by seniority.

The new system will respect seniority for initial open time, but be 24/7 instantaneous the rest of the month...I think. (just read about it, ain't seen it yet)

 

[centralpilot]

but what about day for day trades? Like trading one 4 day or another 4 day on the same days?

That still works despite the red-arrow nonsense (most of the time). I've somewhat salvaged my schedule for the last few months by trading terrible 4-days for slightly less terrible 4-days.

EDIT: Sorry, were you asking if day for day swaps are instantaneous? Not right now, but the open time system is getting overhauled with the pending PBS implementation. Open time trades will be electronic and instantaneous (with some exceptions) under the new system, if memory serves. We'll find out soon...

 

[greg52083]

thanks for the info!

 

[Fishpaw]

ASA pilots, do you get the same quarterly performance bonuses as Skw pilots? If so, how much are they? Also, do they pay out your sick bank if you leave the company?

 

[Nevets]

Airline Pilot Pay - Beyond the #s, NO QUESTIONS PLEASE!!!!!

Two years ago SKW management wanted to cut all payrates by 4%, implement PBS, eliminate the Defined Contribution Plan, and get another 4% worth of work rule concessions. All of it equating to a 16% concession. They would also eliminate the XJT profit sharing plan and replace it with their own including incentive bonuses.

Current Payscales:
http://airlinepilotcentral.com/airli...xpressjet.html

401k Matching
1-5 yrs service 100% up to 4%
5-9 yrs service 100% up to 5%
10+ yrs service 100% up to 6%

Defined Contribution Plan
Automatically deposited into 401k
1-5 years 2.5%
5-10 years 4%
10-15 years 5%
15-20 years 5.5%
20+ years 6%

Profit Sharing
50% of every dollar earned above $30 million annual pre-tax income

Furloughs: 170

Line Holder guarantee: 75 hours
Reserve guarantee: 75 hours
Charter guarantee: 90 hours
Instructor guarantee: 90 hours

Ground Instructor pays: applicable longevity rate plus $12/hour override.
Aircraft/Simulator Instructor pays: applicable longevity rate plus $15/hour override.
Check Airman pays: applicable longevity rate plus $18/hour override.
Aircrew Program Designee pays: applicable longevity rate plus $21/hour override.
Minimum 5 hours per training event at override rate.
Charter pays: applicable longevity rate plus $18/hour override.
Minimum 5.5 hours per day at override rate.

Per Diem Rate: $1.80

SCHEDULING:
Line Holder: Min 12 days off per month
Reserve: Min 11 days off per 30 day bid period; Min 12 days off per 31 day bid period
Charter: Min 14 days off per month
Charter pilots are home based
Instructor: Min 12 days off per month

40 & 60 hour Reduced Flying Lines (RFL) - voluntary
Built between 37-43 or 57 - 63 hours respectively
Minimum of 18 or 16 days off per month respectively
Can trip trade but cannot pick up on days off
Can pick up Advertised trips

No Fly Lines (NFL) - voluntary
Monthly guarantee of 0, 25, or 40, as requested, paid out from sick bank
Cannot pick up open time or advertised trips

Pilot Committee builds trips and lines.
Scheduled or rescheduled duty day will not exceed 13.5 hours or
11.5 hours for duty that begins between 2101LT to 0429LT (except for stand up trips).
Stand up trips not scheduled to exceed 14 hours, no layovers of less than 6 hours, and a maximum of 3 segments preceding the layover, and a maximum of 1 segment following the layover. These trips will not be built into lines; they will only be put in open time.
Maximum of six legs per duty day.
Regular lines will not average more than 88 block hours and no lines are built with more than 95 hours.
At least 2 days free from all duty will be scheduled between trips that operate between 0100 LT and 0400 LT and trips that do not operate between this period.
Trips will only be constructed with one to four day trips.
Lines will be constructed to provide at least 2 days off at the pilot’s domicile during any 7 consecutive day period.
A trip that operates between 0100 LT and 0400 LT will be constructed with no more than 2 segments.
Personal Drop with adequate coverage or crew scheduling consent.
Bad Day Worse Day Trades for line holders and reserve pilots
Reserve Rules
-Airport Standby (4 hours) - paid at 4 hours or trip value, whichever is greater. Cannot be assigned more than 2 consecutive days or more than 6 days a bid period.
-Short Call Reserve - 2 hour call out.
-Long Call Reserve (at least 10% of reserve lines) - 12 hour call out. Can be assigned short call two times per bid period.
-Aggressive Pick Up Window for reserve pilots.
-Floating Reserve Lines - 2 extra days off.
-The largest block of days off (or whatever other block of days off you specify) for reserve pilots are immovable.
-If reserves fly more than 71.25 they can request to be released or paid 3.75 for each addition duty day the rest of the bid month (If called or not)
Junior Manning is at 150% of the greater of: 3.75 Hours per duty period or trip pay as calculated
No reassignment of line holder for trip picked up in open time
RED FLAG Open time can be picked up by line holders at JM pay (150%).
Commuter Clause: must have two flights with one seat available (can include the jumpseat) 24 hours before departure that arrives at least 30 minutes prior to show time.
Domicile trades on monthly basis
No fault fatigue policy - filed under ASAP
No fault sick call policy if accompanied by doctor's note

Compensation:
Paid the greater of:
• Scheduled block time
• Actual block time flown by segment
• Min daily guarantee of 2.00 hours
• 3.00 hours for calender day layover
100% cancellation pay
100% deadhead pay

New Hires:• Double Occupancy Hotel
• Uniforms are Payroll Deducted
• Per Diem during training ~$1500
• Once PC is complete, you begin receiving MMG (minimum monthly guarantee)
• Positive space travel provided to and from training and Home of record

Other pay Credits
• Drug Alcohol testing (30 minutes pay)
• CBT / Home study (1 hour pay for 2 hour study)
• Profit Sharing
• Customs at hubs (10 minutes pay)
• Ground repositioning (12 minutes for domestic airport except EWR, 24 minutes for EWR, 30 minutes for arrival from international destination)
• 150% pay for voluntarily training on day off
• 150% pay for trips picked up when reserve coverage is less than 10%

Vacation Accrual Rate
• Year 1: 7 days (7/12 days per month)
• Year 2-6: 14 days (14/12 days per month)
• Year 7-10: 21 days (21/12 days per month)
• Year 11+: 28 days (28/12 days per month)
Pay is 3.75 hours per day.
Paid the greater of monthly guarantee or line value. May pick up trips during vacation days or days off as add pay.
Instructors receive two additional personal days and holidays off with pay.

Sick Time Accrual Rate
5 hours per month starting from the month of ground school

Perfect Attendance Program
Two separate six month periods

Eligibility for FMLA
Yes, 90 days- entitlement codified into contract

Emergency Leave
Up to 3 days with no reduction of monthly guarantee

Bereavement Leave
Four consecutive days with no reduction of monthly guarantee

Education Leave
A pilot may be granted an educational leave for a period not to exceed 1 year. At the end of the leave, he may apply for
additional educational leave.

Personal Leave
A personal leave of absence may be requested by a pilot

Adoption Assistance Program
Reimbursement for eligible adoption expenses

Scholarship Program
Assist employees, their children, or spouses who plan to continue education in college or vocational school programs. Scholarships are offered each year for study at an accredited institution of the student’s choice. Up to 15 awards for $1,500 dollars will be granted each year.

W.I.N.G.S. Program
When In Need Get Support – An employee-funded program for co-workers overcome by personal tragedies, natural disasters, or other situations creating a dire financial need.

Uniforms:
$150/year uniform allowance

Benefits:
Company will not increase the employee contribution to medical insurance to more than 25% (currently 23%)
Various health plans – (starts 1st day of 3rd month of employment)
Available health plans depend on location and level of coverage ($15-230/mo depending on # covered and deductible)
Prescription Drug Plan included in the medical plans
Dental (starts 1st day of 3rd month of employment) $18-102/mo depending on HMO/PPO and # covered
Vision $10.24-25.44/mo depending on # covered
Flexible Spending Accounts - Health Care and Dependent Care
Short-term Disability
Long-term Disability- 55% of 85.5 hours at your applicable longevity rate
Life Insurance - equal to one year of your annual base pay paid by the company. Includes a terminal illness benefit.
Supplemental Life Insurance
Spouse Life Insurance
Child Life Insurance
Personal Accident Insurance -Provides a benefit if you die or suffer certain injuries as a result of a covered accident. Coverage available for you and your family.coverage between $50k - $500k
Business Accident Insurance - Provides benefits if you are injured while traveling on company business; $200,000 paid by the company

Employee Assistance Plan (free)
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is designed to help you and your family deal with personal difficulties. The EAP is a professional, confidential counseling service. The EAP will determine whether they will manage your care directly or if you will be referred to a provider in your area. Your consultations will be kept confidential.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Active employees can purchase XJT stock through payroll deductions at a 15% discount

Other Stuff:
Participates in ASAP and FOQA. In the process of getting AQP certification.
Bidding can be done via online system. Bid via default (line number order), or assign values to re-order the lines for yourself. You can pick how you want them ordered based on line value, types of trips (1day / 2day), days off, etc.
Automated trip trades, trip advertisements, and picking up of dropped trips of other crew members and open time via crew web site.

 

[Nevets]

ASA/Skywest didn't spend the last year and millions of dollars to implement PBS just to throw it out the window.

Hopefully that is exactly what they did!

If I could draw everyones attention to ASA's contract, SEC 1.E.2 which states "The respective pilot collective bargaining agreements will be merged into one(1) agreement as the result of negotiations among the pilot groups and the successor or Company. If a fully merged agreement is not reached within four (4) months from the date a final and binding integrated pilot seniority list isissued, the parties will jointly submit outstanding issues to binding interest arbitration;"

The way I read this, if we fail to come to an agreement in 4 months, it goes to binding arbitration. Now, considering that PBS is now the industry standard, and that ASA already voted it in...and, that ASA's PBS leads the industry in concepts, it is reasonable to believe that an arbitrator would go with a PBS agreement. The only question I would have is would it be as good as what ASA currently has, or would it move in the direction of industry average? Either way, if it gets to that point because we are "chest pounding", we won't have a say...

Our contract calls for 9 months. But the kicker here is that these contracts were negotiated before the new ALPA merger policy. The old policy had SLI before JCBA. ALPA changed that to prevent one pilot group from holding the JCBA hostage because they didn't like the outcome of the SLI (AWA/USAir). The new policy requires a ratified JCBA before SLI negotiations. The point is that our contracts both require us to use ALPA merger policy and because of that new policy we will never reach 4 or 9 months after binding SLI because JCBA has to be ratified first.

It seems to me the only improvement ASA has is duty rigs.

The way most of our trips are constructed, I don't think your duty rigs will make that much of a difference.

 

[captjim]

Hey ASA and XJT guys, we all need to row the boat in lockstep. We have to work hard, to achieve the contract we deserve. We can and WILL work together and secure a contract that will not bankrupt the company. A contract that will give us a wonderful QOL. After all why did we get into this business, because we like to fly? Because we wanted to make good money and enjoy the benefits of true professionals? Lets put on the same uniform and go get the contract that we deserve as the professionals that we are. Please ASA guys, look at the bullet points to the XJT contract that Nevets posted, educate yourself. ASA pilots, you deserve that contract, you've worked hard for it, lets do it. Lets get it together!