digits_ wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 8:41 pm
On a more serious note: do they have to bring all employees to their homebase during a lockout?
Or can they lock you out while in a hotel?
My guess is that anyone on the road the next couple days will be booking off to avoid just that. Additionally, I think the company will jig the schedule to make sure no aircraft are grounded out of station. Cheaper to cancel flights when they are in YYC than CUN for example.
That said, ALPA would certainly help get crews home.
digits_ wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 8:41 pm
On a more serious note: do they have to bring all employees to their homebase during a lockout?
Or can they lock you out while in a hotel?
My guess is that anyone on the road the next couple days will be booking off to avoid just that. Additionally, I think the company will jig the schedule to make sure no aircraft are grounded out of station. Cheaper to cancel flights when they are in YYC than CUN for example.
That said, ALPA would certainly help get crews home.
Normally the company and the union agree to a protocol related to an imminent strike/lockout deadline.
Once again - normally the company either cancels the outbound flight or the parties agree that the aircraft will be repositioned back to a base even if that falls after the deadline.
It all depends on whether the parties are prepared to act ‘normal’ in the face of an imminent strike/lockout.
To clarify there won’t be any repositioning of aircraft after the deadline. ALPA issued a Strike QRH a couple weeks ago that deals with this situation. They have strike centres in all the bases that are coordinating. Expectation is once the deadline is reached we walk, wherever we are, and try to fly standby home. ALPA will pay for a ticket if needed.
Canadaflyer46 wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 7:26 am
To clarify there won’t be any repositioning of aircraft after the deadline. ALPA issued a Strike QRH a couple weeks ago that deals with this situation. They have strike centres in all the bases that are coordinating. Expectation is once the deadline is reached we walk, wherever we are, and try to fly standby home. ALPA will pay for a ticket if needed.
Nice, good luck!
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Canadaflyer46 wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 7:26 am
Expectation is once the deadline is reached we walk, wherever we are, and try to fly standby home. ALPA will pay for a ticket if needed.
Is ALPA going to look after the whole crew, or just the flight deck folks ?
Canadaflyer46 wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 7:26 am
Expectation is once the deadline is reached we walk, wherever we are, and try to fly standby home. ALPA will pay for a ticket if needed.
Is ALPA going to look after the whole crew, or just the flight deck folks ?
Just the pilots. The company is responsible for everyone else.
Strike centers, strike QRH, PIREP podcast, Social media, website, videos.
From an outsider I find the WS MEC and strike committee are doing an incredible job. We're with you guys!
tango308 wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 8:04 am
Strike centers, strike QRH, PIREP podcast, Social media, website, videos.
From an outsider I find the WS MEC and strike committee are doing an incredible job. We're with you guys!
Mach1 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 12:24 pm
Hey! Who turned off the Accountant?
Just another troll, in the long line of them, that has popped up on this site since the early days of the pandemic in 2020. There was that string of troll accounts from the wing suit guy... then the various "named" accounts, etc. Soon enough there will be a new flavour of the month troll account, especially if something controversial happens. Just wait until Air Canada pilots begin negotiating.
