Originally Posted by
Elvis90
It's the Golden Rule...do unto others as you would have them...etc. When they're going through initial training they're still Delta pilots on the Delta seniority list. Just because you or I got treated like crap doesn't justify continuing the cycle. The new hire coordinator, BB, initially thought those costs were covered, then was embarrassed to point out several days later that it wasn't, and it's a cheap thing to do to cash-strapped folks who are already dipping into investments due to pay cuts from training pay and first year pay.
New hires don't get to vote on contracts, so they don't get a say in how they should get treated. It behooves us to vote to treat them like family, not someone to take advantage of. I am willing to negotiate for it.
I was at the senior level in the military chain and I did not have the attitude of "screw the guys at the bottom, I got mine". I did not ask my righteous self, "what was I thinking?"
Those that have been through a few contracts here know that we have improved pay for new hires at a greater rate than for the rest of the pilot group. Remember $1800/ month probation pay? One year probation period? Seven year B-scale?
Regarding "screw the guys at the bottom, I got mine": No, we didn't get ours. New hires now get a
much better deal than we got, and it's because of improvements DALPA has negotiated, and the pilots have ratified.