Originally Posted by
Delta1067
BS to all 3 counts Bar!!
(1) Good for 9E for getting the next batch of CRJ 900's. After the crap sandwich that just got shoved down their throats thats at least a little bit of a consolation prize for them. If ASA pilots are upset that the next lot of 900's is going to 9E instead of them then that is nothing more than sour grapes on their part.
Do you want the new normal to be that new aircraft will be predicated on pay cuts? Because that's the new normal in the regional sector right now. That puts pressure on Delta's narrowbody rates, makes DC9s/717s/MD80s less attractive to keep around, and ensures that DL management tries even harder for additional outsourced 76+ seat replacement jets next time.
(2) If you think that the 9E pilots agreed to pay cuts in order to get 900's and a bridge agreement than you have no clue what you are talking about. The pay cuts were a result of their company being in bankruptch.
Even under the T/A, 3/4 of the 9E pilots will lose their jobs. 85% did not vote yes for the benefit of the senior 1/4. They voted yes for the bridge agreement, which went away if they voted no. The bridge agreement was a very necessary carrot for Pinnacle to set a new low in small jet pay. Your job was commoditized as a tool of pilot wage repression.
(3) The 9E contract that was just signed is still an industry average contract. Not saying it's the best but it isn't the worst in the DCI game. There are more guilty airlines in the race to the bottom claim you make so go grip at them and not 9E.
Actually no, it's not industry average, their
old contract was industry average. The new rates are considerably lower than several contracts currently
at or past their amendment dates. It will put enormous pressure on us at Compass who are currently in expedited negotiations with mandatory arbitration, and, until now, had high hopes of getting a decent raise & contract improvements. All with ALPA's stamp of approval.