Originally Posted by
seafeye
You came to this airline knowing the pay and you accepted it. And we're probably happy about it.
Nothing changed. The company came to ALPA and offered an incentive to only 1 part of the pilot group. We are a Union and any bonuses should be divided up evenly.
$20k probably isn't going to do much to keep someone from leaving to Jet Blue or wherever.
It's time management makes positive changes for everyone on property. Accepting a bribe is very short sighted.
Every one keeps looking at this as a bribe to the pilot group. It's a bribe to new hires with some thing extra for current FOs. Every one has to remember they are a number to PSA management. You are worth no more and actually less in their eyes than a new guy because he will do your job on a junior pay scale. No changes will be made as long as they have a number to do the job. We have the people to do the current job of flying the planes we have just not the numbers to do the flying of future planes. The company can and will still bribe the new hires while the current people get nothing. Even if people say enough and leave the company will just bribe new hires with more. The more people that leave the quicker a new hire will move up which is always an airlines best selling point. Look at Mesa. That quick upgrade and movement always brings bodies in.