Originally Posted by
Scoop
Secondly, How can you ever have a minimum pay raise amount independent of the rest of the contract? I would be willing to take much less of a rate increase with a 6 hour minimum day and a 4 hour vacation etc. You really have to look at the whole contract.
This is an excellent point. Whether it's through pay rates, work rules, vacation pay, or a combination... I don't care how you make the sausage. I just have a personal minimum where if my W2 number doesn't increase by at least 50% (to match or exceed SWA), it's a NO vote from me. It is not just about the pay rates themselves. (And, no, it doesn't necessarily all have to be on day one of the new contract.)
Same thing for scope. It either improves (resulting in less outsourcing and in actually
getting back Delta pilot jobs) or it's a NO vote from me.