Originally Posted by
JoeyMeatballs
This may sound weird, but I'm not a "huge fan" of Unions either, however I think they are a necessary evil. (At least in this industry) I would be lying if I said there hasn't been occasions where Union Politics created such a distraction that the "work of the pilots" took a back seat to someone, or "something's" agenda. I don't know If that makes sense but hopefully you can kind of see where I am coming from. one thing you can't deny is how robust ALPAs committee structure is and how great/beneficial such things like the JS Com, Aeromedical, ASAP, Scheduling com etc. If for nothing else it prevents the company for just changing things whenever they want (JBlues Health care for example)
XJT has plenty of leeway regarding Medical benefits in our contract. There is very little defined in terms of out of pocket expenses etc. Deductibles went up last year right?
Yes, but the company will pay 70% or 75% of the premiums. Also, they have to provide the same plans that they offer other employee groups. So I they want to stick it to us, they have to screw the entire company, including themselves.