I'm a little disappointed with the new PEA. However, its more realistic to what a major airline contract has. The big 4 don't offer premium pay, they all have pay caps somewhere around 85-95 hours. We don't have pay caps other than what the FARs dictate for now. PP was a huge incentive to pick up extra flying so I will be interested in seeing what happens now. You can still get PP but its going to be much more difficult now. What I am confused about is merit pay? This looks very open to interpretation and is up to the company. What are the guidelines other than individual NPS scores? Not missing work, no mis commutes, receiving a good letter?? What are the parameters? Can someone post percentages for how year 2 and 3 will look based on those raises along with yearly longevity raises? I'm not angry about it, but I am a little disappointed. bottom line it is a pay raise for most of us. I've never credited over 100 hours and don't intend to. I'm happy doing 80-85 so for me it isn't so bad. Many have gotten spoiled busting 100 - 140+ pay credit every month and for those, yes it's going to hurt. For me, im ok with sacrificing a little pay in exchange for good seniority, schedules and a quicker upgrade than what the legacy carriers offer. I still want to be compensated fairly for my skill set. The positive side to this is more growth, hiring, upgrades, etc to cover flying that may no longer be picked up by pilots. If everyone stuck to even 100 hrs credit they would have to hire more pilots.
Just my 2 cents worth and yes my card is in and I will vote yes. However I'm not going to give myself a stroke getting all worked up about it. We have to stick together (power in numbers), continue to work towards improvement. It took years for SWA to get where they are today. In the over all picture, I'm happy here and have no plans to leave.