I'm not the only reserve friend, and how many months of 75 will the pilot being hired today have to endure as he moves his way right, left, right, left? Maybe upwards of 36 months at 75 hours? A few years from now it might equate to four total years at 75 hours. And isn't premium pay chump change at 190 rates? And what if the straight pay, cost neutral point is 85 hours? Then everybody 85 and below gets a raise. How many pilots is that?
And how many times do I have to repeat myself? I have been talking about a straight pay system like every other airline in the industry.
Finding an hourly pay rate to base the scale upon going up and down, that is cost neutral to the company.
ie: $122 1st year $123 2nd year $124 3rd year etc.
Like every other pay system we've ever been compensated under and like every other pay system listed on this web site.
How is that socialist utopia? You get paid a progressive rate for seniority and longevity. Senior guys get paid more, junior guys get paid less. Get it now?
This isn't a productive solution to you because you like the system we have but don't delude yourself that you have a majority who think like you.
Again - give it all time.
I don't post these observations because I'm trying to impress despite what you claim. I asked for and was granted this forum because there were and are countless pilots searching for just such an outlet. Because they are angry. You may not like it but there are a lot of ****ed off pilots. For many reasons - some of them with the very same reasons that I have.
Please save your "go somewhere else" cliche. Do you know how many times pilots in this industry have been given that line of bull****? Get real.
So, several months ago, a bunch of us got together and moved forward with this because we had been completely discounted by our committees and middle managers.
Now we have a forum as an attempt to hold people accountable and you have the overconfidence to come in and lay out what YOU think the issues REALLY are and how my observations are just about me and my situation.
Every single one of these issues - EVERY ONE - cuts across the airline to more and more pilots every month.
I can't believe that you have the audacity to point out what is good posting for the people on this forum. That is classic "let me tell how to act at Jetblue" and you're not gonna convince me junior! This is a business that you clearly have little experience with.
I don't have to explain to you whether I've "volunteered" or attempted change from within. The efforts have been so laughable that your suggestion for "everyone to just get involved" only shows how out of touch you are.
You know, I thought about taking a break but I think I'll spend some time commenting on your brilliant insight.
Last edited by Realistic; 07-03-2005 at 08:05 PM.