Originally Posted by
whynotme
Think they both did the pay to fly thing, $10,000, I think. Joe Merchant did. Then when he was on the CNC he got the contract to reimburse his arse.
Yes I did. Most did back then. Not only did you pay for the job, there wasn't much of a bump after the first year. I made about 25K as a fifth year ATR FO. No reserve rules to speak of. Reserve was considered rest if you weren't flying. You could literally be called to do a nap after being on reserve for 16 hours. No cancellation pay. No rigs. No JM/Reschedule premium. Very little 401k matching. No jumpseat....Shall I go on?
We fixed a lot of that in contract 98 and yes we negotiated partial reimbursement because that polled heavy after the first TA was shot down.
Any other axes to grind?