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Quote: Originally Posted by AFW_MD11 just to clarify..... are you saying that it should be hard for management to justify questioning people taking military leave? especially during 4A2b and while we're "overmanned"? .....it should be a win-win....."overmanning" is reduced.... If that's what you're saying, I totally agree. The company should be ecstatic, and ACPs should be high-5-ing each...

Quote: Originally Posted by BoxDawg I am beginning to doubt your grasp of reality. "The empty wagon rattles the most" My bad, you don't agree that extra flying helps perpetuates 4A2b. "Moss grows on the North side of a tree"

Quote: Originally Posted by MaydayMark I flew with an f/o that, when he called in fatigued from HKG, was taken off his trip. He was then d/h'd back to MEM to explain to his ACP why he wasn't properly rested for his trip!*? Maybe that's why? That despite all the "lip-service" about safety, there's ALWAYS the threat of discipline!*? Talk all you want about union/management Safety Management Systems ... our...

Quote: Originally Posted by Flying Boxes 13.a.6.b b. A pilot’s crew position upon return to duty following a leave of absence shall be determined as follows: ii. If a vacancy award (s) occurred during his absence, the pilot shall be awarded the crew position the pilot would have held had he not been on leave of absence, as determined by the pilot’s seniority and standing bid as of 1700 GMT, 3 days following his contact...

Quote: Originally Posted by yamahas3 Glad I'm not flying today, the number of "HEY CENTER, GOT AN UPDATE ON THE SCORE???" is always beyond annoying. Well I was flying and it wasn't annoying at all. I actually heard more trading of radio station freqs than score updates - we listened to most of the 2nd half using the ADF radios. I'm still walking a little funny today after the last min bone job from crew...

These flexes should be forced to move to the backseat like everyone else in reverse seniority order. The union should not be making deals like this to help the company excess guys. The company would then be forced to make a decision; slowdown 757 training and make more unneeded flight engineers or do the sensible thing and stop this madness have a vacancy bid and start making more 757 pilots and stop the multitude of worthless training cycles...

Quote: Originally Posted by R1200RT yea they got 320/hr for about 2% (or less) of their crew force (777 captains), how many wide body captains do we have....... Largest wide body fleet in the world makes it harder to get the big numbers. Just saying... I think every airplane should have it's own pay rate too. You're kidding right? Do you know what their MD11 and 767 rates were? And, that was almost 10 years ago.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ocoileain No, just someone who has flown with him, had a great time flying and on the layovers, and never had to pull out my wallet for 2 weeks. How many other Captains here can anyone say that about? I haven't ever flown with any others like that! Did he give you a reach around?

Very sorry to hear this. They keep holding the "F" word over our heads at Purple also (thus the illegal use of paragraph 4.a.2.b of our contract that "permits" management to pay us less than minimum guarantee). If there is ANY good news it's that UPS is a GREAT COMPANY that will one day need more pilots and the furloughed folks will have a good job to go back to (I'm not so sure that's the...

That's why a lot of folks who have windfall gains, like this aircraft, end up selling them, to pay the tax. JJ