Taxsman
14th Mar 2001, 19:57
Facts
1. ‘Negotiated’ 3% raise during year of record profits. (Cabin Staff 4%) SQ offering $13,500 for LA base. KAL about the same. USAB Freighter lowest paid 747-400 operator of a ’major’ airline.
2. Freighter operated on ULH with 3 crew instead of 4 and the third pilot is an S/O often times.
3. USAB F/O’s being bypassed for B scale will earn more than captains flying in the same airplane.
4. 6 weeks profit share during year of record profits, not to mention ASL’s better bonus.
5. Double taxation with U.S. withholding. Total lack of preparation from USAB manager with yet another amendment to the scheme causing thousands of $’s to be withheld unnecessarily.
6. BT segments over 10 hours in coach.
7. Scheduled duty days of 20 plus hours with 5 and 6 hour layovers in ANC with no hotels and no allowances.
8. Call outs on G days and no adherence to duty start times on reserve.
9. General lack of respect from management re the letter telling us nothing will change until more pilots quit. Give me a freaking break!
Actions
1. Contract compliance to the extreme. Become a contract expert. Know your COS and stick to your guns.
No discretion.
No sliding duty start times.
If your crew rest in interrupted, restart the clock.
If the hotel sucks and you can’t sleep, restart the clock.
IF the JFK-ORD-ANC trip can’t make it with 3, get 4 pilots or go to bed in Chicago.
No reserve or O day call-outs until pre-departure rest is taken.
2. Y-class BT
Over three hours and no First Class ticket, call in sick. Safety. (For the uneducated, there are very few flights with business in the US. First class fares are no higher than business if they were available.) When you call in sick, do it at the last moment. If you try to be a nice guy and call in sooner, you will just be docked sick days on your G- days.
3. No 3-man crews with S/O’s. Everyone else has the ‘right’ not to fly with Freighter Crews, so why not return the favor. Safety.
4. Captains, refuse to fly with higher paid bypassed, B-scale F/Os. Safety.
5. Refuse to do crew-ups in HK on EXB’s. Doesn’t the ‘B’ in EXB stand for break?
6. Sick Leave, if you’re not 100%, don’t go to work.
Finally, support the AOA. Obviously, we are not a priority, but don’t let that be your excuse to disregard the contract and cut a better deal for yourself by horse trading with crew control. Realize that with compliance, comes some amount of pain. You may not arrive home on schedule if you comply with the contract. Too bad, do it anyway! And you ASL guys . . . get some balls and stand up for the contract. We are in this together, whether you want to believe it or not. The AOA is not your enemy. Management is.
1. ‘Negotiated’ 3% raise during year of record profits. (Cabin Staff 4%) SQ offering $13,500 for LA base. KAL about the same. USAB Freighter lowest paid 747-400 operator of a ’major’ airline.
2. Freighter operated on ULH with 3 crew instead of 4 and the third pilot is an S/O often times.
3. USAB F/O’s being bypassed for B scale will earn more than captains flying in the same airplane.
4. 6 weeks profit share during year of record profits, not to mention ASL’s better bonus.
5. Double taxation with U.S. withholding. Total lack of preparation from USAB manager with yet another amendment to the scheme causing thousands of $’s to be withheld unnecessarily.
6. BT segments over 10 hours in coach.
7. Scheduled duty days of 20 plus hours with 5 and 6 hour layovers in ANC with no hotels and no allowances.
8. Call outs on G days and no adherence to duty start times on reserve.
9. General lack of respect from management re the letter telling us nothing will change until more pilots quit. Give me a freaking break!
Actions
1. Contract compliance to the extreme. Become a contract expert. Know your COS and stick to your guns.
No discretion.
No sliding duty start times.
If your crew rest in interrupted, restart the clock.
If the hotel sucks and you can’t sleep, restart the clock.
IF the JFK-ORD-ANC trip can’t make it with 3, get 4 pilots or go to bed in Chicago.
No reserve or O day call-outs until pre-departure rest is taken.
2. Y-class BT
Over three hours and no First Class ticket, call in sick. Safety. (For the uneducated, there are very few flights with business in the US. First class fares are no higher than business if they were available.) When you call in sick, do it at the last moment. If you try to be a nice guy and call in sooner, you will just be docked sick days on your G- days.
3. No 3-man crews with S/O’s. Everyone else has the ‘right’ not to fly with Freighter Crews, so why not return the favor. Safety.
4. Captains, refuse to fly with higher paid bypassed, B-scale F/Os. Safety.
5. Refuse to do crew-ups in HK on EXB’s. Doesn’t the ‘B’ in EXB stand for break?
6. Sick Leave, if you’re not 100%, don’t go to work.
Finally, support the AOA. Obviously, we are not a priority, but don’t let that be your excuse to disregard the contract and cut a better deal for yourself by horse trading with crew control. Realize that with compliance, comes some amount of pain. You may not arrive home on schedule if you comply with the contract. Too bad, do it anyway! And you ASL guys . . . get some balls and stand up for the contract. We are in this together, whether you want to believe it or not. The AOA is not your enemy. Management is.