Originally Posted by
viper548
We really should be comparing ourselves to Delta and United but here's one regional example.
SkyWest:
-4:12 min calendar day
-hotel night before CQT
-reserve system is seniority based. Senior pilots can break guarantee or sit home all month and not fly.
-reserves can not be flown into off days. Off means off.
-golden days. Not like what we have, guaranteed off day in future. Unpaid but pre assignment.
-can only be rescheduled inside footprint of original trip. Premium outside footprint.
-if a reserve were somehow unable to get back on the last day they would get extra pay or a future Res day off. None of this noon on day off BS.
-no recovery obligation
-ability to rejoin trip if you call in sick for part of it.
-able to bank vacation. Don't like Jan vacation- hang onto it and use it when you have better seniority.
-no IMAX
-reserves better able to pick up flying on days off
-reserves able to work extra reserve days for extra pay/premium if used
Obviously pay and 401k are worse. Also:
-airport reserve
-defined reserve call out time
-no sick if needed
-no "f time"
The point here is we need to see what others have and improve our contract, not keep our heads in the sand.
If we got paid what SkyWest pays we would have union-approved company paid for hookers waiting for us in the hot tub when we got to the hotel.
Everything is a trade off. Want more pay? Fine but you pay for it somewhere else. DAL is quite a bit more efficient staffing wise than we are with our IMAX. The APA has always been about more pilots at less pay vs less pilots at more pay (actually pretty union like of them, I like that aspect).