Originally Posted by
Feng
Yeah? IF say a deal was offered 2 years ago at DOS for a 20% raise and then 3% each year thereafter...for the sake of simplicity, say it went from $100/hr to $120 to $123 to $127...$131...$135 to $139 by year 5.
If the contract gets dragged on for 5 years. Do you see the final result being getting an 40% raise to $140 or for some reason the company will cave and give you an 80% raise to $180?
I'm not sure the "we're winning because the ask just went up" holds any water as far as how much more money you'll actually get in your pocket when it's all said and done considering the time value of money lost.
I think at some point, ALPA will use Spirit as a case study of what not to do during negotiations. Whether you deserve it or not, I don't see the NMB and the administration allowing a strike when a 20%-40% raise is/was offered.
JMHO
Those raises you refer to didn't exist 2 years ago. Your numbers are way off so I'm not sure where you're getting your info. Say they took a 20% raise 2 years ago, 2nd year FO pay would have gone from $72 to $86 and 4th year CA to $157. It would have also gutted the work rules to do it. If you don't think that is pathetic you must be a real scumbag. Are you even a pilot at all? What skin do you have in the game with Spirit? You don't seem to work for an airline looking at your post history but you seem obsessed with Spirit negotiations.