Originally Posted by
Southerndog
Thats the past.... Have you seen United's pay now, and schedules NOW? Then compare that to ours now.
It sounds like even ALPA is selling us short and not wanting to complete a major overhaul of our contract. Anything less than Industry average pay, benefits and work rules will be a NO vote for me. We have been the most underpaid pilot group for years! We operate similar equipment as everyone else but we carry more passengers, Fly crappier schedules, stay in budget hotels, which equals more money per hour in my opinion. Don't listen to Indigo's BS that we are a ULCC and we pay pilots ULCC rates. That argument doesn't work when they buy fuel, lease gate or pay all other fixed expenses, and its centainly won't fly when it comes to pilot pay. I really hope this pilot group for once stands up to these corporate pirates and get whats long overdue.
Not 6 months with ALPA yet and do not even have a TA in front of you to evaluate and you are crapping all over them ?! WoW
Pilot up to ALPA National structure. Learn the ALPA bylaws and you will get better results. Communicate to your ALPA reps and introduce LEC resolutions.
If all else fails - if/when the TA comes out before the strike (Indigo's style) and you don't like it - vote no. Talking crap about the organization that will get you where you want to go and give you a solid merger policy is NOT the way to go IMO.