Originally Posted by
Reggie Dunlop
Wanna compare W2s sometime...devil is in the details. Ask a 10 year VA guy what he made last year and how many days he had off a month doing it. The low pay-rate coupled with daily premium and highly efficient trips can go a long way to making up a 20 $ an hour pay differential with a schedule built from crap line bid 4 day non commutable trips with long sits rigged to 20 hours. We could all go on and on but it is pointless when you don't know what you are talking about.
Let the teams work and in the meanwhile get out there and learn about what was happening on each side. Only then can we craft a path forward.
Alright, let's compare W2s. At $216/hr (12 year CA), we have line pilots at Alaskan make $300K with 12-14 days off on an average. This figure includes the PBP. Of course, this isn't your average pilot but they are just line pilots. At $251/hr, it can be high as $348K or more. How about 401k? Did VX have greater than 13.5%? Do you think that you would have ever negotiated $251/hr with VX management? Most of y'all are going to get 15% (2010 hires and later). Hate to sound like puzzle palace but was your total compensation better than Alaskan pilots? I would venture to guess not. A huge windfall for all y'all, for sure.