Compass updates
#8711
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Joined APC: Jun 2010
Position: Just another RJ guy
Posts: 906
Coming to Compass over Endeavor in 2013-spring 2015 was a no brainer, but I would choose Endeavor over Compass, outside of living on the west coast, if I were starting out right now. The flow attrition at Compass is over and Endeavor is only starting to pick up their flow (pilots who already passed the interview) in the coming years. On top of that Endeavor pays all their payscales $20K/year extra, so you do the math, $20K/year or $60K extra for 3 more years, or $10-15K extra for the next 3 years?
Plus, Endeavor is negotiating for extra contractual improvements with Delta right now that will probably sweeten the pot even more.
Point being, this isn't the low pay, airplane parking Endeavor and Compass growing and flowing scenario we had 2 years ago. Up until this summer I thought Compass was the better choice, now I would give a hard look to Endeavor first.
Plus, Endeavor is negotiating for extra contractual improvements with Delta right now that will probably sweeten the pot even more.
Point being, this isn't the low pay, airplane parking Endeavor and Compass growing and flowing scenario we had 2 years ago. Up until this summer I thought Compass was the better choice, now I would give a hard look to Endeavor first.
#8713
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 647
Is nobody going to bring up the fact that these developments are really nothing impressive at all? $36/hr is a step in the right direction but it only really helps the company attract pilots. Besides, with RAH offering $40 and CommutAir offering $38 PLUS a huge bonus... This is too little too late. And besides, people who have been here longer than a year get practically nothing out of this that they shouldn't have already had - GoJet/TSA/Envoy/CommuteAir/etcetc have had paid hotel rooms for months/years now. Why is nobody else bringing this up?
#8714
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Joined APC: Feb 2011
Position: Precarious
Posts: 378
404 likes to stir the pot and antagonize from time to time. It creates good discussions but does occasionally generate some negativity towards him specifically. Don't let one short tempered post towards him cloud your view of us as a whole. He likes the attention anyway.
#8715
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Joined APC: Nov 2012
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 880
Is nobody going to bring up the fact that these developments are really nothing impressive at all? $36/hr is a step in the right direction but it only really helps the company attract pilots. Besides, with RAH offering $40 and CommutAir offering $38 PLUS a huge bonus... This is too little too late. And besides, people who have been here longer than a year get practically nothing out of this that they shouldn't have already had - GoJet/TSA/Envoy/CommuteAir/etcetc have had paid hotel rooms for months/years now. Why is nobody else bringing this up?
The airlines you mentioned that already give commuter hotels are a very small percentage of regional airlines. I can't say for certain how much hotels and crashpads cost in those airlines domiciles, but I can speak for LAX and they are very expensive.
This is not too little too late. RAH was too little too late and Mesa will probably be next if they don't hurry and do something.
#8716
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Joined APC: Oct 2009
Posts: 270
I'm hoping there's something in the language protecting CA pay rates. If they can just raise FO's pay rates indefinitely soon we will be paid close to the same.
#8717
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 647
I thought the reason we were all against this bonus from the beginning was that it only benefited new hires... and yet from my perspective it seems we haven't changed anything. The hotels, granted, are a plus. But again, none of this is anywhere near "industry leading" as RL put it. I think it's embarrassing that people are celebrating this when the other two companies that are owned by our parent, that everyone considers "bottom-feeders," have already had this for a long time.
#8719
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Joined APC: Jan 2015
Posts: 988
A lot of Alaska's and others' frustrations goes back to when they thought our debate over a average daily trip guarantee or 4 hours for a non-working calendar day was that it was a 4 hour min-day when it was not. For a while they could not grasp the concept that it didn't apply if you had a duty period touch your "30 hour layover" that you would not receive the 4 hours of add pay. Just ask the guys that had to do those nice Fairbanks layovers love it. With the ADTG, it would have paid a minimum of 14:15 with as little as two legs in 3 days. With the one we voted in, it can pay a minimum of 8:00 hours in 3 days.
Don't be surprised to see someone respond to that last paragraph flailing their arms.
404 likes to stir the pot and antagonize from time to time. It creates good discussions but does occasionally generate some negativity towards him specifically. Don't let one short tempered post towards him cloud your view of us as a whole. He likes the attention anyway.
Pay rates for essentially ONE year of longevity. So effectively, they may as well have just kept the bonus because the rest of us get nothing! What do 2nd+ year FO's get besides a 1.25% raise and a less-than-COLA raise later if the company decides to increase first year pay again (who says they will?)? What do captains get? Except for seniority as you put it... But the bonus did that too.
I thought the reason we were all against this bonus from the beginning was that it only benefited new hires... and yet from my perspective it seems we haven't changed anything. The hotels, granted, are a plus. But again, none of this is anywhere near "industry leading" as RL put it. I think it's embarrassing that people are celebrating this when the other two companies that are owned by our parent, that everyone considers "bottom-feeders," have already had this for a long time.
I thought the reason we were all against this bonus from the beginning was that it only benefited new hires... and yet from my perspective it seems we haven't changed anything. The hotels, granted, are a plus. But again, none of this is anywhere near "industry leading" as RL put it. I think it's embarrassing that people are celebrating this when the other two companies that are owned by our parent, that everyone considers "bottom-feeders," have already had this for a long time.
#8720
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 647
Plus, the hotels only benefit line-holding commuters. People on reserve aren't any better off having to pay for only 15 nights in base instead of 19, and people that live in base... well obviously don't need it.
Nothing in this agreement benefits EVERY PILOT at the company in a meaningful way, which in my opinion is a serious flaw.
Nothing in this agreement benefits EVERY PILOT at the company in a meaningful way, which in my opinion is a serious flaw.
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