Originally Posted by Route66

OK. I'll concede and accept your premise that it isn't a Great package.

Here is WHY in a nutshell: pilots are doing the job ALREADY for less now and in Arbitration will STILL be doing the job for less until 2019. I've looked at the APA chart pay numbers jump DRAMATICALLY and waiting for the future what you will get NOW makes a lot more sense. As far as the scope clause is concerned, a jump from 65 to 70 (for that matter a jump from 76 to 81) is irrelevant considering the orders for new aircraft we have now as well as what is already codified into the CBA E-190/195 and CS aircraft under groups 1 and 2. In short, the scope issue was a lost cause when the pilots first allowed the companies to "code-share" and fly the company colors under contract years ago. That ship has sailed and there is no putting it back in drydock.

You'll get your chance to renegotiate in 2020.

The APA-USAPA pilots are in a place THEY put themselves into because of years of US Airways and American Bankruptcies and mergers with different groups who think they contributed more to THEIR companies bottom line than the others did. That is a complete crock. They had NO bargaining power other than in the courts and they had NO plan ahead of time to counter it. The same has proven true today. The APA was UNPREPARED for the offer the company has placed on the table and that is a simple FACT. They have never been and never will be prepared for future contingencies or scenarios where the company is on the lower rung of the ladder.

That idea is the reality pilots will have to deal with. BTW, I have NEVER separated my professional pride with my company pride. Do your job, do it well, DO IT PROFESSIONALLY, look the part and you'll EARN the respect you deserve. You're all welcome to "dig on me here" but when I go to work I am respected for who I am and what I do and I take pride in that everyday.