Originally Posted by
flyguy81
i personally don't want a industry leading contract....who in their right mind wants to be at the top and end up like comair? get the pay close to the top, add some work rules, tighten up the language and call it done.
I'm really glad that you're not negotiating this contract for me.
Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Bedford and Heller have taken a small company and grown it at a very significant rate. Out doing most other regionals. Our pay is not dragging the industry down and we have good work rules. Some complain just to hear themselves but overall we have a great company. Better than most. You can knock it all you want and talk Air Wisconsin up all you'd like but with the playing field the same one has continued to grow by leaps and bounds. If Air Wisconsin had the same as opportunities RAH has I would have applied there, but it doesn't. Yes our FO pay isn't the highest. Don't go looking around or you might find that trend at most places. We are currently in negotiations and with our company making money hand over fist there is only one thing that's going to happen to our contracts and that's get better.
TD, you should know better. We've got ok work rules and subprime FO pay on a contract that was negotiated 4 years ago. Remember, anything less than a 15% pay raise over 5 years is actually LOSING you money based on inflation. Our company IS making money hand over fist and it's time they start spreadin' the wealth the the people who got them there...and it sure as hell wasn't just BB and his altar boy WH.