Originally Posted by
Bombardier Stev
I'm not in the discussion other than as a fact checker as flysooner asked here. It seems that all the other regionals I checked, 6 or 7 that is, are much better. Gojet pays nothing the first 9 months and then up to 2% match. Even TSA pays 3%. Republic supposedly enrolls you immediately with 6% match. Stick that in a spread sheet allowed to compound over 35 years and that's a big amount.
It was harder to get info about scheduling but one guy I asked has only been able to trade or drop one trip in 8 years unless he paid someone to take his trip. He summed it up as, "What you get is what stays on your schedule."
I mean it really depends, As an FO i was able to drop only 1 trip completely. But i traded and swapped all the time. When there was open time i moved my schedule around all the time. As a Captain I managed recently to drop the last 2 legs of a trip and I have swapped trips a bunch. When you pref bid correctly most times you dont need to do do much juggling. ( i did not bid correctly on my last bid)
Quote from the contract:
Pilot’s Years of Service Company Matching Percentage
After 9 months through 2 years 50% match up to 4% (2%)
Beginning of Year 3 through 6 years 50% match up to 6% (3%)
Beginning of Year 7+ 50% match up to 8% (4%)