Originally Posted by
Yumyum
It's a bad deal because it doesn't benefit the ENTIRE PILOT GROUP. Tell me how it does ? Why should we give a rats arse about first year pay? That's has absolutely zero weight. ALPA keeps forgetting about the ten year pilots that are still on reserve. The reserve enhancements are irrelevant. Reserve thresholds continue to be outrageous, ready reserve is still the biggest waste of time. This new TA hits all the senior pilots that are still on reserve right in the nsack.
Does the TA make reserve levels worse? It isn't clear whether that is the case or not. I agree with most of what you are saying but basically the whole group is getting the major benefits from this deal - the 3K and the extra 21 hours of vacation pay per year. I'm not sure if that is worth the extra 15 minutes but it is a fairly substantial raise for most people. No doubt about it, the ready reserve rules are a joke - it doesn't appear any capital was spent in trying to improve reserve life.