Originally Posted by
rickair7777
But SKW could have done us and themselves a favor by aggressively implementing QOL/scheduling enhancements which could be accomplished without breaking the bank, ie go after stuff that costs little or nothing but provides tangible benefit to the pilots. That would benefit the company in that they could attract new hires and possibly retain old-hires.
Does SW want to retain people? Serious question. It seems there is less and less value being placed on retaining pilots. SG said that during negotiations, the company doesn't think they will have a problem filling classes and they think by the time we negotiate again, they will be able to drop the PPS. Maybe they are planning on another airline going under and being able to pick up those pilots??
Originally Posted by
WaterRooster
You could have 40% on reserve like Eagle, or heck, you could be Republic. Things could be much worse then what you just got in this vote.
40% reserve coverage would be horrible. I would much rather have the 6% that we have right now. I can't wait for 2016 when the company can post meaningless numbers and have a pseudo penalty for not having enough reserves. Anyone who thinks the company will not continue to run lean and bleed every hour they can out of us is living in a dream world.
Originally Posted by
ClickClickBoom
Interesting to see that our pay stubs already have the new rate on them. I wonder how the company knew the pay vote would pass and was able to get the new rate in there. Especially since we still do payroll manually??