Originally Posted by
Imapilot2
Big pay rate raises for the next contract will eat a huge amount of the effort. It will be scrutinized heavily by everyone. They love to put up our pay scales to everyone else on the big boards. Details are the key for a big check increase without more work. Like a "look forward" min day ....5:15? with 117 it will pay us on those 30 hr away from home layovers. Also when we have big days they won't get averaged away with a look back 4:30 like we have now. JMO
An impressive negotiator would not play the game of following their rules and would change the metrics used. Live with the other side's paradigm that works against you? How about something else? Fellow employee's rates today vs post-pay cuts; CEO pay/options; pilot pay as a percentage of profits? Not coming out against you, Iamapilot, but the mindset of defeatism seems ingrained before we've even started. I understand why, but I wish we could expect more from our expert negotiators.