Originally Posted by
gonyon
Here's the rhetotic
1. We are a ulcc without the economy of scale of the legacies therefore we can't get paid their rates and get their benefits.
2. A quick deal gets money in your pocket sooner than a protracted negotiation so you end up with more money
3. This is the best we can get. If you vote NO we won't see another deal for several years.
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As far as 2&3 are concerned I agree there is logic in taking the lower pay early and "ending up with more". But then again so do the company bean counters. This is the base line for all negotiations. There is no other amount. It's always this lower amount.
And for number 1, yes we don't yet have the economy of scale. We negotiate on both current and future earnings. Also the company is making plenty of money without economy of scale and we have a big part of this. And lastly this lack of scale prevents us pilots from changing to larger equipment like the legacies and reduce our long term earning potential. We should be compensated for this too.