Originally Posted by
untied
Never said I was happy with the pay, but we match DAL's pay in December. Neither contract touches SWA rates for "industry leading".
You are wrong again WRT reserve flying. 89 hours max for wide body. Not sure about NB anymore.
We flew the 737-500 a few years ago with about 100 seats in it, so giving express 90 seaters (with 76 temporarily installed) is pretty comparable. Didn't NWA fly some "baby 9's" very recently??
Management demands more scope concessions with every new contract. They either want MORE RJ's, or BIGGER RJ's. They ALWAYS get what they want, and ALPA usually claims victory for every scope concession. Next time around they will want to put 90 seats in the CRJ-900's and we'll be told "come on guys...they already have the airplanes. We're not really giving up anything and there offering a 3% raise!!!
I was uncertain of the max reserve, that's why it was a question.
A 737-500 held 100 people with 2 class configuration, correct? CRJ900/EMB175 can hold only 76 in a 2 class configuration. Not even close to a 737-500. BTW, they've remained at 76 seats for 3 contracts now. And Delta management asked for a max 82 seats on the last TA. DALPA said that was ok, but they'd be flown at mainline Management quickly redacted their 82 seat request. So you're wrong. Management does NOT always get what they want. Plus, DAL pilots received a lot more then 3%. Heck, we get 8.5 on Jan 1st alone.