Originally Posted by
xjcrew1
Won't happen, they tried that at Mesaba back when we first got the 900's. Union came back and told them, if you want to give hiring bonuses, you have to give it to all current pilots as well. Put the kibosh on that one.
Isn't "Bonus" outsie Section 3 compensation. They can argue that these newhires are still getting a regular compensation as published in the JCBA. Anyway, from so-called "near extinction" to getting new CRJ-700s. Only 15% called the bluff.