Pat, we managed to get hold of this proposal this morning on our unit. Basically, you get points for each activity that you do i.e. 2 points for a landing, 1 point for standby etc, etc... which give you a final points total for the day which in turn assesses your productivity. So points mean pennies!
However, it is geared towards a short sector multiple landing operation and takes no account of long flights to the ESB or night rescues in SAR, or anything which is not beneficial to Southern North Sea. We wondered which member of the CC might be responsible for this? Answers on a postcard!!!
It states in the explanation at the beginning that "one of the hardest issues to overcome is the measurement of work tasks, exacerbated by the various activities engaged in by the company." It then goes on to say that we should all co-operate with the scheme to "achieve a meaningful assessment of a cross section of the pilot and crewman workforce". How can this possibly be achieved, as they have already stated that the company's activities are so diversified?
Basically where we are we're annoyed that it came completely out of the blue with no consultation and as with most BALPA things in BHL we only found out about it by accident. It's ill thought out and as already stated splits the workforce. Come on the CC use your head and think once in a while. Return the baseball bat without the vaseline! Big, big thumbs down.