What did ALPA do for NK recently?


** After FOUR YEARS of bargaining, the CBA was finally resolved by a former flight attendant, turned NMB member. Per the arm-twisting road show, the ALPA attorney was told by the NMB member that she got every penny out of the company that they were going to give. Since when does the referee get involved in playing the game?


** ALPA removed premium pay for overtime, in favor of a small hourly rate increase. (BTW, NK Captains’ pay scale WENT DOWN compared to the company’s last offer PRE-STRIKE. That’s right, the captain pay scale WENT DOWN during the strike).


** Removed a hard 10% requirement for reserve coverage for trip drops / vacation in favor of a system where the min coverage is set by the company per day / per seat / per base, solely at the discretion of the Company.



** ALPA did not even attempt to secure stock / options / ESOP (against the will of the pilot group) based on THEIR definitive belief “THIS COMPANY WILL NEVER IPO”


** The ALPA reps, during the road show intentionally mislead their constituents. One example: they paraded a couple pro-ALPA B6 guys in, to give a ‘the grass isn’t greener’ speech to the group. They then asked the B6 guys slanted questions regarding the B6 401K, making it sound like NK’s retirement plan was far superior. Only problem was they neglected to inform the NK audience that B6 also has a bonus and ESOP that, when included to the retirement picture, blows NK’s plan out of the water.

**NK did get marginally better transition language which is just now being implemented after a nine month arbitration process.

All this "help" only costs 1.97%!