Originally Posted by
crewdawg52
Well, from my understanding, a lot of those listed were in our proposal for the last contract. How many made it?
In addition, just because you are against "1.5 over 80", what gives you the right to limit the amount someone can make IF HE OR SHE WISHES TO FLY AND EARN MORE? Every person has a reason, be it kids approaching/ in college, new car, medical bills, taking care of family members, mx on the house, savings, etc.
Many here spout off about the "time value of money", stagnation, etc. Guess what, this is one way for those who are "stagnated" or junior to make up some of that "time value of money" which is lost due to the lack of upgrades. Oh, and for green slips, usually it's the same senior individuals who get them.
I will campaign FOR1.5 over 80 as hard as I can, because NO ONE has the right to tell me how much I can fly and earn (unless of course, it's defined by FAR's)
Sorry for the rant. Off soap box......
I don't want someone's raise for "extra flying" to come at the expense of everyone else's raise for my regular flying. The money we will divvy up into the contract is finite, and massively disproportionate raises for pilots who will be delaying the advancement of other pilots is not in our collective best interest. Sometimes we have to protect ourselves from ourselves.
We did get an ADG that counts toward reserves, days off for reserves increased, training pay went up, vacation pay went up, computer training increased from 1:3 to 1:2. Pay rates increased 20% in 3 years, DC upped 1%, the SOT for RAW for SC days, which is a step towards credit.
So yes, many of those things are getting accomplished, and I'd like to see the trajectory continued.