Originally Posted by
Paid2fly
The "caps" are only in place at PSA, who just voted those concessions in, and Republic who just voted down their last poor offer from management(and is having staffing issues). If we would all stop taking concessions, management would have no choice but to finally be fair and actually offer us something that didn't continue to move the "profession" backwards.
Mesa caps at 8 for FOs ($3 less at 8 years than our 4 year proposed)
Compass caps at 8 (slightly higher at 8 years vs our 4)
Air Wisconsin caps at 8 (slightly higher at 8 than our 4)
With yearly scheduled increases to the capped rates, we are right in the ballpark. There will be grandfathering as well for those above 12 and 4 years.
You can make anything sound bad if you want to. I can make 0.95 per passenger seat per hour on a Dash-100 at year 4. Is it a concession to take an A330 FO position that only pays 0.45 per passenger seat per hour at year 4? They are surely "bringing down their profession" and should demand $275 an hour as FOs, right? Don't hate on us, you have no basis. We are working within an industry framework and a lot of noise is being made about $500-$1000 a year differences over 2 or 3 years. Save it for when you get to mainline, where you take a "concession" in year 1 and sometimes year 2 on small equipment (E190) compared to even capped regional captain rates.