Originally Posted by
chrisreedrules
They knew what the pay was when they (myself included) came to PSA. I deal in real estate, and I've both bought and sold successful businesses. I know a thing or two about contracts and negotiations. The fact that the company released that email before the union had a chance to come to the pilot group with something concrete (like a finalized deal) is indicative of subversive politics in and of itself. They are trying to be divisive and get away with attracting new hires as cheap as they possibly can. They know that a lot of FOs will vote for the bonuses with or without the CAs being included. And they know that by releasing that email, timed with the announcement by Envoy, will leave a lot of pilots at PSA salivating for that money (as evidenced by some of the replies here). Don't play into their hand. We have a union because they represent a UNIFIED pilot group. Not just the FOs or just the CAs. I support a bonus. But I support a bonus for all.
Maybe. Let me think "out loud" a little here: I usually hear grumping about pilots on property not getting anything, and all the bonuses going to pilots not here (new hires) that have nothing at stake. This would have given something to pilots here.
Attracting and retaining new pilots is ultimately, big-picture, good for everyone.
PSA is getting more airplanes; thus, we need more staff every month to fly them. More airplanes = more lines = more pilots already here off reserve = more captains = bigger flow number to mainline = shorter flow time for everyone. But you gotta get the new hires for that all to work.
You've already seen how quickly the transfers from Envoy can get stopped. It's tougher contractually to stop or slow purchase orders of new aircraft, but it's easy to not exercise the option to purchase more if PSA shows we can't staff them. So not enough new hires brings all of that good to a grinding halt. Thus, attracting and retaining FO's really is good for all.
Also, many new hire captains essentially received their bonus getting their quick upgrade. I've flown with several who know they would still be sitting in the right seat at their previous carrier. They came to PSA, and got the quickest upgrade in the industry. They get captain's pay way before they would have otherwise: a big bonus.
Food for thought.