Originally Posted by
baseball
Management doesn't give a crap about negotiating in public.
Probably true, but saying "I'd give up this for that" is bad form.
I want the NC to be fully aware about the ass-busting we are doing on this aircraft/fleet and the amount of work it takes to make the airplane go from point A to point B and to be fair what we add to the bottom line. I think we are doing a great service to the company and at bargain basement prices.
Look, I've done every kind of flying there is to do here and I find NB flying far and away the hardest. As a matter of fact, NB FO is probably the hardest pilot job at the airline, but we don't pay that way. I'm in agreement the 763 pay is too low and needs to be fixed, but it's been like that for years. If you feel undervalued, change planes.
The entire notion of "the aircraft going away" was illogical to begin with. Why not negotiate an off-the-chart pay rate then? If it's really going away, then negotiate 400/hour..... I never bought into the logic of the aircraft was going away, so we won't take it seriously and negotiate a proper and fair rate for our pilots. To accept that position is naïve.
Tradeoffs are made and ignoring the direction of the fleet/industry is done at one's peril. If you expend capital in one area, it will come out of another.
The 767-300 and 400 do a great mission, do a great job, and perform very well for the company. Time to pay the pilots. Retro-pay is a good idea. If we can negotiate retro longevity, etc, for furloughed pilots, then we have the leverage to treat the pilots who are flying these aircraft fairly and provide proper compensation.
The difference is you and the other pilots on those planes fly them by choice. I don't bid the 756 specifically because the minimal pay bump isn't worth it for me... that's also a choice.