Originally Posted by
finis72
Timbo, what you are proposing would meet with a significant pushback from a lot of your fellow pilots. One of the things I liked about our contract was the flexibility it offered, if I wanted more pay I could use the system to fly more, or, I could use the system to fly as little as possible. Another point is that the company has a limit to what they are going to pay in C2015, the pie is only so big before the Company says NO. That is an economic reality so the question is how to divide the pie. What you propose would eat up a large portion of the pie and would take money away from a large portion of your fellow pilots. Your proposals are popular but I think they would meet with a lot of pushback. Just my opinion
I have heard from very reliable sources that the Company is very upset with sick leave usage, I.e April and May see significantly higher sick time usage than other months. Not casting dispersion on my former teammates but it isn't a coincidence that the bank gets reloaded in June. They are also looking for a way to mitigate training and pay banding is at the top of the list.
Whatever the outcome I will be rooting for my Bro's from the sidelines
Oh I have no doubt there would be considerable screaming from lots of guys (at the top of the list in each seat) if they couldn't pick up more time in a Vacation month. I'm already hearing it from the senior F/O's who,
"...just took a 40 hour pay cut due to FAR117!!"
(100hrs. in 28 days vs. 120 in 30 days, and he said the extra 20hrs. was always at GS rates, so he took a 40hr. pay cut.)
I've heard the same thing from a few LCA's as well.
The pilots have to decide what they want; work more for more pay, or work less for more pay.
I pick work less.
How? Well, for me, I can't upgrade to a pay raise, so there's not a way, unless I bid reserve and do the rolling thunder thing, and I won't bid reserve, ever. I guess I could do G/S with conflict.
But for the guys down the list, if the entire pilot group worked say, 10% less, then there would have to be 10% more upgrades to higher paying equipment.
So they could 'work less' but in a higher paying seat.
Remember what was scratched in all the 727 dome light covers?
"More Money, More Time Off!"
All these manning concessions we have been giving for the past...30(?) years have led to the stagnation the bottom guys have been seeing. That and age 65 of course.