Originally Posted by
Coolbeans
Meyers that was not a cheap shot and both engines flaming out in the climb was not 3 years ago. My point was that from darling to reject can happen in a matter of moments. To those PSA pilots out there i can't be mad at you the majority of pilots felt that taking what appear to be concessions has work out in your favor. I do have questions though. Have choices of voting in the contract affected other airlines in a negative way? How can a five year Fo now at PSA say it is ok for a future five year FO to be cap at four years? If there is no schedule manipulation is the current contract actually livable 85 hours a month at future health care rates for a family of 3 and let me be generously say 400 dollars a month of student debt at year four pay? I would love to see some numbers put out there so I can really see how good or bad the contract is.
With the addition of the 30 900s as well as 1% flat increase in April(?) 2015 the new 4 year FO cap is within like 15 cents of the old 8 year rate. The 1% happens every year and WAS NOT in the original contract so in a couple years our 4 year rate will actually be higher than the old 8 year rate ever would've been in the original deal. The 4 year cap essentially doesn't matter.
The increase for the most expensive family plan at the full maturation of the health care increase is $60/month. Yes, unfortunately it is more but it is not budget shattering. For my single plan the increase is $8/month.
As far as "schedule manipulation" Even at normal staffing levels the company, and union stated during negotiations for the ORIGINAL contract that something like 18% of days are critical anyway. The way the language is written if 1 out of every 5 days are critical it wouldn't be much of a problem the get some critical pay.
On the off chance that no days are critical You can still drop flying down to 65 hours and then pick back up your original(or similar) trips later at 125%. This situation is obviously not as rosy as the current one but it is no worse than any other regional.
So there's the relevant numbers.
