I hope all of your November bids worked out well or at least I hope skedplus saved you like it does me. We are now one week away from the December bid and it isn't a bad idea to start thinking about what you want for next month. December is one of the busiest month for air travel not to mention our own lives. This holiday season won't prove any different from years past with lots of flying to go around. I can imagine our reserves will be stretched thin and worked to death as is usually the case.
For many of our peers Christmas day is the day everyone wants off. Few are able to bid around it and even less are awarded vacation for it. If you want any hope at having it off, sending in your request now is a must. I am going to be working it this year. Last year I was fortunate enough to have the week off, by way of requesting vacation. I am the type of guy that likes to get my hands dirty and I am actually excited about working Christmas this year. I am also saving up all my vacation hours for the Spring when I want to take an actual vacation with my family.
On a separate subject, I want you all to know that I am horrified at how our negotiations have been going. The SkyWest FA's "contract" is up for renewal and SIA has been negotiating a new contract for us. It has obviously become an unorganized mess as SIA's President announced that we will be given a three choice package vote soon. It is so sad to see that SIA doesn't accurately see what many of us want. This is yet another example of how our representation needs help and I hope to help and urge you to do so as well. I can already imagine my vote leaning towards a "no vote." And yes, that is one of the three options.
I'll post more about that later when I actually see what is going on. Which, to this point has been little-to-nothing.
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