Originally Posted by
worstpilotever
I believe if we vote this TA in we are making a mistake. Down at the bottom of the new payscales, there is an entry for the CS100. The pay for this AC is roughly 25% less than the Airbus, the 737 and the 757-200. For 12 year captains that is $50/hr, or $50000/yr. I have a sneaking suspicion that 30 seconds after we vote in this contract, an order for a good number of these will be announced. I also have a feeling that as the 319s in particular get older and are retired, they will be replaced with the CS100 at a vastly lower payscale.
I heard the same thing at a road show when someone asked about the E-190 rates and said as soon as we voted YES the company would park all the Airbus and 73s and we'd get stuck flying those because the company wants to stick it to us. Guess how many E-190s are on order and how many 73s and Busses we are parking? OH, we are adding even more you say?
This is obviously "niche flying" that we don't do now, and if they do shift down to this in a downturn, as least they are our jobs and not ExpressJet jobs.
Also they can order these and we have to fly them regardless of a yes vote. I'm a no voter, and if you are using this to convince people then you are just going to convince them to vote yes because that's a nonsense argument.