Originally Posted by
CptGSXR
Srry there JNB, I think these guys are a bit 'in the weeds' about the current topic, this so-called 'news' article. To bring others interested up to speed, this is about their contract. If you dont know it's been about a 3 year battle with NO end in sight. Much worse than RAH if you ask me.
There might have been a vauge hint of the NMB letting Lakes strike in Aug, but then whispers of that not being allowed due to the upcoming presidential election. Now the entire dispute is back to square one, like the last 3 years didn't happen. With a new NMB meeting at the end of this month, the "news" article was put out to help the company's case to keep it's pilots earning less than minumum wage......
Hope that helps.
100% nailed it.. this story doesn't appear to be anything more than that. And I hope if this "news" happens to come up in the next meeting, I sure wish that the union slamms their fist and calls BS as loudly as they can. ABQ had nothing to do with the sequester as it closed months before the fact.
Hopefully the NMB will consider these numbers before allowing things to continue to string along:
$7.25 (minimum wage) X 40 (hours a week) X 52 (weeks a year) = $15,080. Annual minimum wage income at 40 hours a week.
$16.24 (First Year F/O pay) X 75 (hours garuntee) X 12 (months a year) = $14,616 ($464 less than minimum wage) First Year First Officer Pay.
21 days of Reserve a month at 14 hours a day is 294 duty hours. $1,218 montly income ($16.24 X 75 hours) Divided by 294 duty hours is $4.14 an hour.
Or maybe they'll just let things string along year after year while the cost of living continues to go up.