Originally Posted by
SEPfield
Yes I am a stupid new hire. I failed to read the contract because I couldn't believe people would actually vote for something as bad as this. Thats fine it was my mistake. The position I was in at the time made PSA the best option at the time, again my fault not the companies. That does not mean I'm not going to try and improve things and that does not mean I won't come on here and point out the shortcomings of the contract to potential new hires and encourage fellow pilots to attempt to improve the contract. Meanwhile you seem to just want to encourage people to bend over and take it because thats what they signed up for, thats just a defeatist attitude.
At the end of the day I'm just here to get some PIC, after I get what I feel is enough I will go somewhere else that has a better contract and an easier commute. Hopefully that will be a legacy, if not I'll happily go to an LCC and get a new type and wait there. In either case I'm certainly not sitting around at PSA waiting for a 10 year flow under this current contract. Maybe if PSA wants to pay a little more and make the contract a little better I'll consider staying, but for now I'm not staying a day past what I consider necessary. So hey maybe you will upgrade someday, if the flow keeps up and more airplanes aren't deffered
I'm not bending over and taking it. I'm using logic and reason to say that waiting around for pay increases that likely will not come in the near future is hurting the pilots more. Take the 20K retention bonus for FOs because it may not help every one but it helps the few that need it most. Sitting around waiting for more money that is financially stupid for the company to give you and doing things to help stagnation only hurt junior people and gain nothing for any one. It's real easy to tell junior people to wait and not take bonuses after you took yours. Getting new hires in, creating growth, getting pilots off reserve and creating more upgrades actually makes QOL better for every one. Keep waiting for your money while we stagnate and enjoy your forever SCR and getting your less than 20 hours of PIC a month... Makes sense