Originally Posted by
Emb170man
The fixed fee side of RAH has the highest profit margin of any airline in the US...unfortunately they can hide in the losses from the other side. That said, if they can't pay me a decent wage to work for them...and I'm talking FO's in the 55k range and up, than they don't need to be in business. I'm not voting for anything that isn't a gigantic leap towards making this industry one I which we are respected and paid as the professionals that we are. This is my second airline, 6th year in this game, first time getting to voting on a CBA and I'll be damned of I'll vote in anything that is a regression or continuance of the crap we get. Now. Again, their job as management is to figure out how to make money with my new pay rate...it's a job that they get paid VERY well to do. I'm sure they will manage.
Originally Posted by
Emb170man
The fixed fee side of RAH has the highest profit margin of any airline in the US...
Nothing could be further from the truth. I don’t know who you’ve been talking to or being spoon fed by but the CPA and FFD part of RAH has slowly seen their margins decline to negative. Have you read the information the Company put out about the maintenance cost and the inability of our CPA’s to keep maintenance cost below that which the CPA allows?
You think if oil goes above $100 a barrel that there will be ANY ≤ 50 seaters flying in America?
Originally Posted by
Emb170man
This is my second airline, 6th year in this game…
As far as your extensive experience, you’ve GTBSM! Six loooong years in the industry and 2 whole “airlines” and you’re an expert in representing and demanding the decline of the Aviation industry over the past 30 (or more) years reverse itself? With our little contract, our little airplanes and our low-time, entitled pilots?
One day you’ll look back and see how embarrassing your statement is.
You have absolutely NO clue as to the history of your chosen profession or what constituted “paying your dues!”
I have many friends that have worked for a dozen airlines over a 30 year profession (still flying) and have tens of thousands of hours, some of which may actually end up junior to you one day..
They flew big airplanes with all those little dials and gauges around the world before you were born and before there was one TV screen to stare at the entire flight.
The “good old days” are gone, forever. Like when you sat sideways for 10 years and right seat for another 10 years before you were even close to the left seat. And you're stressed and feel treated unfairly with your whole 6 years.
Go on and enjoy the next 10, 20 30 or 40 years. You’ll go through several airlines, “get screwed by management” and by whatever unions you end up belonging to.