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Old 03-11-2015 | 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Autothrust
Then BFD. Just put my stuff out and move on down the road. If we can't get a contract worth having there are plenty of places that already have it. We've got one shot and we are going for it. Win or lose we are standing up.
I certainly hope so. However, consider some facts:

1. Most of your pilots signed on when Allegiant had no union and one of the weirdest pay scales in the industry.
2. It took over a decade of abuse for your pilots to wake up and finally get a union on the property.
3. Your compadres here on APC will "settle for nothing less" than AA or DL pay rates.
4. They're expecting this from a company who underfunded the Training Department so badly the FAA shut it down for 6 months.
5. The Company underfunded the Maintenance Department so badly you've had over half your MD fleet experience an engine fire/failure/rollback in the last two and a half years.
6. Your pilot group allowed management to establish a pilot base that is so onerous that new hires are holding Captain bids before they complete F/O IOE.

Do you seriously think you're going to get industry leading (or even comparable) pay/work rules out of your managers? That's a laugher.

The last contract I experienced, the picture was the same. Guys walking around talking the big talk you read about in this thread. 98% strike vote authorization. When the Negotiators brought back something less, over 80% voted FOR it. Afterwards, you couldn't find a single pilot who admitted voting for it.

Personally, I hope you succeed. The history of FIRST contracts at an airline would contraindicate that however.

But, good luck anyway. I sincerely hope you get what you deserve.