Originally Posted by sailor
Improvements to the current contract?, absolutely! But zero concessions , zero. And I speak for myself, after the 08, 09 and 10 plus the previous years in negotiations and the strike, I will not give up anything. I've flown with and talked to a few pilots here and there that just got here and are already willing to give into pref bidding for better 1st year pay or even a JB plus 5 bucks across the board.
Gee let me guess they were your first year FOs? First year pay sucks, $38.50/hr. I know you say you will give up zero but in your last round first year pay was given up and brought down to 38.50. It's not just Spirit, but this industry-wide stigma that first year pay is sacrifice-able or lowerable to gain on the middle/upper end of the seniority list. Yes we are all on first year pay at some point but to reason it that it's only a one year pain is ridiculous. We all have families/wives/kids to support and lowering first year pay doesn't help. It's nice that JetBlue/VX/United/Delta have raised first year pay to a more acceptable level. But 38.50/hr and 40/hr at AA is just not right.
So yes, I'm not surprised you have flown with pilots who would give up PBS to get more pay, especially the junior guys.