Originally Posted by
sweetholyjesus
Pilots on the job have plenty of leverage. Without them the motor stops turning. Those rookies can't fly the jet all by themselves. And just imagine if all those senior training instructors all came down with the flu at the same time..

Kidding aside, of course seniority is difficult to give up. But there are plenty of ways to put up the good fight without quitting. But keep sending more excuses to sit on your hands...
You keep using the contract as an excuse to accept things how they are, yet the company has gone outside the contract to pay newhires. Maybe if you stop whining like a little (insert unkind words here) and put some work in, the company could go outside the contract to pay you some of that extra money they're throwing at those all-important newbies..
So Endeavor pays more than AWAC. Why are you guys not fighting for better pay? Are you not worth as much as a new hire Endeavor pilot? Or is maybe the fact that you won't get as much pay as Endeavor pilots because all of a sudden your fleet of only 50 seaters now becomes way too costly for AA. You have leverage though so I expect to feel dumb when AWAC announces pay raises.