Originally Posted by 742
That said, the structure is gravely flawed and needs to be changed, probably in a manner that puts all of us on the same contract/representation/seniority list. Otherwise certain individual managers will continue to try to play us off against each other.
I agree.
It's kind of ironic or a turn in events that management recently used the ALPA represented pilots as leverage against the AABO cadre with their new employment contracts. Management (Jim Cato and Richard Rolland) put forth - "either sign the new contracts (read pay/cond cuts) or management would have to find a new more economically feasable base other than STN like AMS in the EU. By-the-way, if the base moves - then all of the LOA's on STN protecting AABO are gone and you AABO guys must enter into the ALPA system seniority list and contract." They voted immediately to take the cuts rather than become junior FO's in the system seniority list/union that they had been used as a tool against since their invention save for about 5 votes from the Atlas cross overs which have protected seniority on the ALPA list.
Originally Posted by rsull
Is it still true you can commute from anywhere in the world?
That depends. Being that they will base you in STN, you won't get any help getting to work other than a matching amount of scheduled travel from base to the start of the trip. So you can live anywhere as long as your willing to get yourself there. Since you will be under the ALPA contract, the STN chief pilot will required you to do any reserve assignments in the STN area while the AABO guys can do it from their homes thorughtout the EU.