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A319
I am in no way advocating for a discount pay. I think our pay should be in line with what our peers are paid. Delta is not our peer. Spirit, Allegiant and jetBlue are our peers.
Also, everyone demanding a contract NOW is unreasonable, we have only been in negotiations for a few months and our current contract just became amendable this month. I want a new contract more than anyone, and it will happen. But the "negotiating" game has to play out first.
Also, for those talking about the "old attitude at Frontier"... If it weren't for us more senior pilots at Frontier taking pay cuts and doing everything we did to save the company, we wouldn't even be having this conversation now because the airline would not exist. So next time you fly with a more senior pilot, thank them for sacrificing their QOL and taking pay cuts so that the airline survived long enough to hire you.
I sometimes wonder what is more damaging to our pilot group... Indigo's stalling and unwillingness to negotiate, or attitudes such as this. Advocating, and negotiating in public, that you feel we are worth less than other pilots flying the same equipment with more passengers... often with fewer resources and more challenging schedules. Nearly a year of negotiating with little to no progress is not status-quo.
Take a look in this very thread. New hires are talking about how to uber to and from ground school everyday. How to negotiate a good cash-only deal at a hotel so they can afford to attend training. For this they will receive $39/hr and sign a training contract. We should all be so proud of what Frontier has become. Collectively we can change this. See you on April 19th.