Originally Posted by
Schwanker
For me, I could care less about the pay rate. It's the whole package.
For example, triple the value of our vacation and I'd be good to go. An additional 225 hours would be worth approx 20%. Pay rates come and go. I don't care if our 757 pay rate is better than UAL/AMR 757 pay rate. I want the most compensation for the least amount of work. Obviously, we'd need annual COLAs.
Note: NO CONCESSIONS. I will not vote for a contract riddled with concessions as TA2015 had.
Do you honestly think we can achieve a contract with no concessions even if small? TA 2015 was an abortion no doubt. But management will want something. Our negotiators will be tasked with minimizing that. But zero? I personally don't see that. It doesn't make business sense. At some point we will probably achieve what we seek and if it is zero concessions, it will be when it makes economic sense for the copany to do so and by then we will be way behind again. It is just business
Edit: and I agree with you about the most copensation for the least work. I am human after all.
