PSA/AAG management offered, (and out pilot group foolishly accepted) an increase in flow, based on the increase in the number of Captains on property after January 1, 2016.

The company said "we'll increase the flow from 4 to 5 pilots/month immediately. Additionally, we'll increase the flow thereafter by 1 additional flow (up to a total of 8) for every 62 additional Captains on property after January 1, 2016." Well, guess what. The company decides how many pilots get to upgrade and who many pilots will be on property after January 1, 2016. And so far, we're at a net increase of ZERO Captains in 2016.

Why did the company make this offer??? My guess is that they realize that the pilots are the best recruiters they can have. And pilots who are motivated to increase the flow will be motivated to help "sell" PSA to potential new hires,....... until those same pilots realize that they've been duped.

I voted "no" to accepting the company's offer to increase flow because:
(1) you NEVER accept a first offer and
(2) we were giving away our leverage to get something better by holding out.

But the majority of pilots held the belief that the company was offering something for nothing and we'd be crazy to turn that down. Well,..... turns out,..... the company was offering NOTHING for nothing! And that's what we got!