Originally Posted by
Nevjets
I don't care how much he gets paid, it doesn't make my paycheck any less.
So, as long as it doesn't make your paycheck any less, you're OK with that? If everyone else got a $500 pay raise, but you stayed the same, that would be OK?
If The Company has money to spend on pay raises, why shouldn't ALL pilots share in the increase?
When it comes time during the next round of negotiations to choose between a pay raise and improving another benefit, don't be surprised when the 10-year benefactor is less interested in the pay raise than you are, because he already got his. You'll have different goals, and fuel for the internal pilot feud, instead of banding together towards common goals.
Originally Posted by
Nevjets
Besides, an FO is always going be getting paid less than a captain. Even if I was a first year FO getting $37/hr and a 10 year longevity pilot is in the new hire class after mine, I wouldn't care that he will be making $45/hr. And when we upgrade, I wouldn't care if he makes $20/hr more than I. None of that reduces what I would get paid otherwise so why should I care?
Lots of me, I, and mine ... whatever happened to we and us and our? You're not thinking about your collective best interests, and St. George is celebrating.
Originally Posted by
Nevjets
And as for vacation, bidding is base/seat specific anyway. So his vacation bid will never affect me unless he is in my base/seat. And even then, he still bids after me since he will always be junior.
Won't affect me. Hang on to that selfish attitude.
How many days of vacation does a 1st year pilot get? How about the 10-year Captain? Vacation is an earned benefit. If the company can afford to hand out more vacation days, why not distribute them fairly, as in by seniority?
Originally Posted by
Nevjets
No one will be put ahead of anyone on the seniority. Therefore, no one's seniority is ever going to be infringed upon.
You apparently don't understand everything that seniority is supposed to give you.
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