Originally Posted by
shiftwork
yes happy and thinks it is a very good qol contract. matt you are a smart guy... something to the effect: based upon a guy that has been in the business since the mid/late 70’s, worked at two former legacy carriers (before and after dereg.) he just might have a pretty good idea of what a decent contract is???? verstehen?
if I remember correctly eastern was once one of the top companies in america to work for.... before lorenzo of course; and I’m not sure but twa probably was a pretty good place as well?
i’ve had several older pilots tell me: “pay can come and go but don’t give up your work rules!” (they are hard if not difficult to get back)
do i think the contract is perfect, NO but show me a place that has a perfect contract...
"pay can come and go but don't give up your work rules!".
If you believe work rules are paramount, why did we focus our negotiations on pay rates?
If work rules are important, why did we not use our strength (the strike) to better our work rules?
We gave up a great work rule nine years ago when we gave away min pay per day and allowed trip averaging. If work rules really meant anything to us, why did we not dump trip averaging and regain minpay per calendar day?
If work rules are important, why did we not use our power to improve our hours of service section so that we protect ourselves from fatiguing backside of the clock pairings?
If work rules are so important, why did we allow 7 landings per duty period?
I could go on.
I don't mean to bash, but we really need to be honest with our rhetoric.
This contract isn't bad, and it isn't good. It certainly is NOT a QOL, or QOWork contract.