Originally Posted by
skybolt
BTW, they will tell you that they did raise the bar, and when you consider that we got $185 a hour for senior Captains at year four or five of the deal, we did get parity in hourly pay.
I will agree your deal is better now than before... However, ALPA allowed a deal to go though that now hurt the ability to restore my contract. $185 at five years from now for 15th year (only a few CAs) is what my contract pays today for an A321 equal seats at 12th year (all CAs in seat). ALPA needs to start acting like a true union and set an equal standard for all equiptment at all airlines.
In 6months when Delta MEC exchanges openers, what do we say when the company says, "Spirit pilots just signed a deal that will pay
$185/hr in five years to fly a 757 equal. Why should we give you more than 1%? ALPA says its good enough for HK why should it not be good enough for you? Oh and BTW Delta DC9 FOs already make more on 6th year pay today than HK FOs will top out in 5 years, so ALPA should give consessions right?"
Thus my problem with ALPA and the Spirit contract!