Originally Posted by
Bartok
This line of thought is so funny!
Skywest and ExpressJet guys should not worry about how the 9E TA affects them.
When management comes to you with a big stick and asks for concessions, all you have to do is follow the advice you are giving Pinnacle pilots ................ vote NO.
Problem solved, right?
Easier said than done.
The problem is XJT's contract doesn't have a 70/76-seat rate, and a rate can be determined outside of contract negotiations through binding arbitration. The arbitrator will say, "Oh gee, those silly Pinnacle pilots just voted for a really low 76-seat pay rate, so that must be what the market is currently." And he will grant the company offensively low 76-seat wages because your ignorant pilots just voted for them.
And then XJT pilots will be whipsawed against ASA pilots, who already have a 2nd year 76-seat rate that is WAY higher than Pinnacle's new top-end rate.
And the cycle continues.
Thanks, guys. Your lack of foresight might become apparent to you when you're sitting in XJT new hire class making a fraction of what you should have been.