The newly combined "RHS"

[night-ice]

With more stations coming online under the 'RHS' umbrella, has anyone heard what the benefts will be..medical, dental, vision, health and non-rev? The latter would be the most important to some but everything's been nusualy quiet lately.

I understand there will be some 'grandfathered in' but really no details, other than salary, of what will be grandfathered in.

Anyone have any info and what will the new uniforms look like?

 

[700UW]

I know the folks down in MYR are becoming OH for a year then RHS, they offered them $8.93 an hour with airline experience so that is like a $4 paycut per hour.

 

[night-ice]

I know the folks down in MYR are becoming OH for a year then RHS, they offered them $8.93 an hour with airline experience so that is like a $4 paycut per hour.

RHS offered them $8.93 per hour? Anything about the flying benefits?

 

[700UW]

No Comair did.

 

[concourseA]

RHS offered them $8.93 per hour? Anything about the flying benefits?

As of today, it was announced that RHS flight benefits will be inline with what Comair has now (and what Mesaba will be switching over this summer) so good news on that front.

 

[REPUS]

I don't see things getting better with the Introduction of RHS, or what ever the new voted name will now be. Late last week it was anounced that Comair employees will now fly with S3C and that S2s will no longer be allowed to be used on DL mainline flights as of Jun 21 2009.

Is this a sign os things to come???

 

[1Conehead]

Should have happened a long time ago since mainline only gets S3C on connection carriers.

 

[REPUS]

Come on now, how times have you flown or better yet not been able to get ON a Connection Flight??? You cannot compare ML routes to Connections.. Also Loosing S2 privileges blows...

 

[night-ice]

As of today, it was announced that RHS flight benefits will be inline with what Comair has now (and what Mesaba will be switching over this summer) so good news on that front.

Thanks for the update. Anything about ZED's, ID 90's, Buddy Passes, etc?
Still have no news on how Pinnacle employees will/not benefit on the new pass alignment...any insiders?

 

[1Conehead]

Come on now, how times have you flown or better yet not been able to get ON a Connection Flight??? You cannot compare ML routes to Connections.. Also Loosing S2 privileges blows...

Since CLE went to connection only there have been quite a few times i couldn't get on but maybe with an S2 i could have.
I fly an average of twice a year and an S2 would be nice.

 

[concourseA]

Here are soem bits and pieces

The Basics
The new employee boarding priority policy will be based on date of hire, regardless of job classification.

Stand-by boarding priority based first on job classification and then date of hire. Hourly employees board after active salaried employees.

Do these 1st two statements contradict eachother or I am I reading this wrong???

Retirees are eligible for free travel, and pass riders (including parents, dependent children, non-dependent children, travel companions, and buddy passes).

Retired employees pay service fee in all classes.

Employees and retirees will pay an annual activation fee. The $50 annual fee provides unlimited access to non-revenue travel privileges, in all classes of service and regardless of the number of family members. No separate fees are charged for employee or retiree travel, except for international taxes and fees.

Active hourly employees pay upgrade fee for first class travel and retired employees pay service fees for all travel. Active salaried employees pay no charges, except for international taxes and fees.

Employees are eligible for the following pass riders:
􀂃 Legal Spouse
􀂃 Same and Opposite Sex Domestic Partner
􀂃 Dependent Children
􀂃 Nondependent Children
􀂃 Nonqualified dependent children
􀂃 Up to 4 Parents (natural and step)
􀂃 Travel Companion (in lieu of spouse or domestic partner)
Employees are eligible for the following pass riders:
􀂃 Legal Spouse
􀂃 Same and Opposite Sex Domestic Partner
􀂃 Dependent Children
􀂃 Up to 4 Parents (natural and step)
􀂃 Registered Travel Companion (single employees only)

Retirees are eligible for the same pass rider types as active employees. These pass riders include:
􀂃 Legal Spouse
􀂃 Same and Opposite Sex Domestic Partner
􀂃 Dependent children
􀂃 Non-dependent children
􀂃 Nonqualified dependent children
􀂃 Parents
􀂃 Travel Companion (in lieu of spouse or domestic partner)
Retirees are eligible for the following pass riders:
􀂃 Legal Spouse
􀂃 Same and Opposite Sex Domestic Partner
􀂃 Dependent Children


On all wholly owned subsidiary carrier flights, mainline and wholly owned subsidiary carrier employees (Mesaba, Comair and Compass) will board at equal priority; third-party contract carrier employees (ASA, SkyWest, Pinnacle,Chautauqua, Shuttle America and Freedom) will board after mainline and subsidiary carriers.

On Pinnacle, Chautauqua, Shuttle America and Freedom flights, mainline and the operating third-party carrier employees will board at equal priority on the operating third-party carrier flights; all other connection carriers (wholly owned and third party) will board after mainline and the operating third-party carrier employees

On Mainline flights
Delta employees will board as S3
RHS will board as S3C

On Comair,Mesaba,Compass flights
All will board as S3


Employees will be eligible for a priority boarding program which provides opportunities for active employees, spouse or domestic partner, dependent children, and travel companions to upgrade to a higher boarding priority on up to six Flight Days per year.
These upgrades may only be used on Mesaba, Comair, and Compass operated flights.

 

[Kev3188]

Stand-by boarding priority based first on job classification and then date of hire. Hourly employees board after active salaried employees.

Are you sure this is correct?

 

[night-ice]

Hmm..sounds like the same policy mainline DL put out. Curious to see if RHS will allow ZEDs and ID's (75,90,95) agreements on other carriers. My guess would be "no"....Still haven't heard how 9E employees will/not benefit on the new combined travel policy. Pass Bureau is not talking--yet. I hope they would let us keep the agreements we had in place with NWA..those are sweet!