Originally Posted by
beech1980
I know in the past the Delta Union blocked DPJ from flying the GV because it weighed more than the scope allowed. So DPJ said well than why don't you come fly it for what we pay.. The Delta pilots laughed and said no way! 40k as an FO on a GV is an inslult!!
So if the company was violating the contract and letting Mesa fly 777's (back when they could find pilots) for 1/4 the pay, we should have just given it to them, because we didn't want to "do it for that pay?"
Please.
Those were OUR jets OWNED by OUR scope. Those planes were heavier than the planes at the bottom of our scale already (large CRJ's) so no arbitrator in the world would have paid less than at least a bit above that, with our benefits and work rules.
We could have even worked on an LOA addressing the specific nature of those ops and work life, like positive space commutes and job specific work rules, and even allowing them to interview from the seniority list only for those positions. I'd be OK with that versus abandoning the jobs altogether like we did. We didn't even get anything for it. Pathetic.