Originally Posted by kinetic
Yes, It will stand. Because 99% of us are not Tools. We understand and like the system or we are working from the inside to fix the imperfections. So, we finally see your motivation. You say you took the job here because you were misinformed. That means you are saying you are gullible and dumb. I don't think you are. You are just muckraking to cause dissent. I have saved crummy schedules dozens of times with FLICA. If you want to make money go to New York. Your running on emtpy, Dude.
Oh no! You've uncovered my sinister plot to earn $200 more per month!
It's a lot more than just my desire because if 85 hours straight pay is where we make the cut over then everyone below 85 hours gets a raise and everyone over 85 hours gets a pay cut. That's many more pilots than just me and what about the pilots who are looking at years of reserve ahead?
What's interesting is just how hard and how nasty people will fight for premium pay. Just watch friendly readers. You'll see greed on a aviation scale.
My suggestions are based upon an industry standard slope. The nasty comments against my suggestions are just as firmly based in greed as my so called sense of fair play.
Let's find out what we all would have made at straight pay (and I hope we don't have morons who think that I'm suggesting that we ALL make the same hourly rate) versus what we all DID make at premium pay. We can do it. We're Jetblue and we have computers and stuff.
THEN....
let's publish the entire spreadsheet and take a vote.
Sound good?
Will someone please respond to my constant query of why a 75 hour Jetblue captain makes $1500 less per year than a 75 hour Frontier captain while a 95
hour Jetblue captain makes $11,000 more per year than a 95 hour Frontier captain.
Just please answer that question. Are they better pilots? Do they work harder? Do they have bigger units? I just don't understand.
What I DO know is that the Frontier reserves are not working as hard as we do.
With regard to MY leading a union effort....
I don't have the mental stamina anymore. When I say that the pay system won't stand, I'm only making a prediction. There will be younger more angry pilots who step up.
Here's a wager:
I will offer six of my options for one of your options (6 to 1) that not only are we unionized but that premium pay is toast within 3 years.
Any takers?