Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
It is bribe money to get it passed. 65% of the group is going to be unemployed. That is fact, regardless of if this TA passes, 65% are gone. I left 9E a lil while ago, but if I was still there, I'd vote no. Say NO to the bribe money being slanted for the senior side. Think about it, who needs more money, a guy going from $105k to 80k or a guy going from 85k to 39k. This is just like the classic money grab case from the seniors 9E TA #1.
Shy I generally try to get into it with you, well anybody for that matter. But your statement is like me saying if I was able to get a job with Virgin America I would quit after I made them train me. Just to stick the costs on them because they pay less the other 737 operators. It really is meaningless what you would do
if you were here. I am also not going to fault how they are paying senior guys more. Yes they are making more then us but most of them are a lot closer to retirement then me and they had a set budget and now they are going to get 2.5 to 3k less a month. That is a pretty big pay cut. This situation sucks for all of us. No one knows what will happen, we can only speculate and try to make the best decision for our situation.
And for those who are saying go jets is more expensive then 9e and only reference the pay scales you are forgetting a lot of our work rules are still in place. we have Min day, pay protection, JA pay ......... There are still a lot of the "soft" money that was untouched. Not that it will make up for the pay cuts but please make sure to look at the whole picture.