Originally Posted by
JustAMushroom
Spoken like a real hero! One that has never had a hungry child to feed. I remember when everything used to be so easy.
I think your final decision must be based on one point alone. Do you really believe the company will survive if the pilots take concessions. Its just that simple.
Now if you believe it will survive, then a prudent thing to do would be to require "snap backs" and no bonuses for execs until pay increases.
However this turns out, you are all in our thoughts.
If, and that is a BIG IF, if we get the additional 900s, when all is said and done, Pinnacle will have roughly 100 aircraft. That means around 1100 pilots total, 550 will be FOs.
Under the 1113, what was top FO pay again? $34/hour? So $30,600/year guarantee? Less the cost of a crash pad... about $28,000. That is equal to $14/hour at a regular job. It's also less than the average first year McDonald's store manager.
McDonald's Salaries | Glassdoor
If you can feed the starving brats on $28,000 while commuting and sitting reserve, feel free to vote on a rock bottom TA. But, given the choice of a horrific contract that merely delays my eventual unemployment or demanding honest pay until my hastened unemployment, I choose the latter.