Originally Posted by
BunkerF16
Again. I point you to our B6 ALPA comparison guide which will let you see what companies and aircraft we're looking at to base our positions on. You can throw whatever plane you want to make the aircraft you fly seem like it should get more money. I'm telling you, just reading the tea leaves, that you're going to be very disappointed if you think the 190 is going to get any substantial pump in pay.
Listen, you're enjoying higher QOL because you're flying it. I get it. That's the life-long decisions pilots have made for decades. More pay, bigger pay, left seat or less pay, more flexibility, better QOL (potentially).
The orders are all 321s (right now).....the trend is for more ASMs, not less. If we get smaller planes, it'll be to replace the 190, not exchange 321 orders for them.
I think it's smart to put a substantial amount of increased pay into the airframe where we are getting all the orders, and have 3/4 of our current inventory.
You know why I fly the 190?
Hmmmm
I don't have great qol as a jr reserve captain I fly it for the MONEY. If I wanted qol I would have stayed an FO or go be a bus FO.
That's fine why go for the 717 rates at Delta or the C rates let's just keep the 190 pay where it is. Good plan
I could be wrong but I get the sense you are bitter that the 190 pay is tied to the bus and since JetBlue at first had such crap 190 pay to fix that they needed to bring the 190 way up. The bus didn't get that raise. To be honest with you if the made the bus equal to Delta pay and left the 190 where it is you would vote yes wouldn't you?
I won't vote for a contract that would leave a huge chunk of our pilots behind. I could bid the Bus if that pay went way up but that is not the point which is what everyone is saying. We are doing this thing from scratch let's do it right the first time.