If you are looking for better rostering and more control over you roster, I don’t think RP07 is it. Over 95% of our operations are scheduled. Why can’t I request/bid a flight/days off with some degree of accuracy? Sorry, I just scared the sh!tt out of everyone with the “Bid” work. Why do I have to request jokers 80 some days in advance.
We know we are on annual productive hours, so why don’t we know how many hours a month we should be bidding/requesting. Is it a big secret that scheduling must hold onto? Why does scheduling have to build our roster? If we are capable of flying a Multi-Million dollars aircraft, I think were are capable of building our own roster to the required 84 hours or the 54 hours with a weeks reserve or whatever the hours that Scheduling require. Give us the numbers and let us do it. Is it that hard? Are they are always undermanned.
Guess that will never happen as we will accept a crappy deal because not many pilots actually know what is out there or don’t think it can ever happen. Well one thing for sure “If you don’t try, it will not happen”. Where would we be at now if the Wright Brothers took that attitude?
Vote it down and let’s get on with some serious negotiations with regard to rostering. We will all have an incentive to get a proper deal when we have the fallback in force. We could be only into the fallback for a couple of months with a deal that works for both parties. Don’t think it is a moon shot with rostering.
If I were the DFO, I would give you absolutely “NOTHING”. Why? The pilots will sign a deal that works for the company and very little for the pilots. So why give them something when you don’t have to. Negotiations 101.
Like I said, when it is all over and done with, No complaining on the 15th and no complaining on the 26th because nothing is going to improve.
Why have we given so much and got absolutely nothing in return. No wonder we get nothing with this pilot force and their mentality.