Originally Posted by
Aero1900
The Kool Aid is not coming from management, it's coming from the union! Management said "don't expect Southwest pay" and the union said our senior captain's will make $230/hour and the new contract will be signed by the first quarter of 2017.
And no, they haven't approached me about the assistant chief job yet...
You guys realize the going rate is $245 right now and climbing with junior captains over $200? $230 at date of signing is too low and my guess is if it's in there is coming at dos +4 when the legacies will have $300 narrow body captains with a 16%defined contribution. Signing anything at $230 especially years after dos only puts you at the bottom again in just a year or two.
Spirit management made a proposal with $235 15 year captains. Not year 12 which is industry standard and junior captain was still around $150. On top of that it was all at dos+4 which would be 2021. The NC sent it out to the group to see what a joke it was and what kind of management we are dealing with.
United has a snap up to delta if delta ratifies something better and both united and AA are amendable in 2019. Do you really want to be bottom of the barrel again when the next round happens? I don't.