Originally Posted by
SilentLurker
Good! Because this is the truth. People need to know the truth. TSA has better work rules, hell everyone else has better TA /LOA/work rules than us, including BrownStreak and Piedmont. Things are not equality, amongst WO. The other 2 are better. Honestly! Envoy is least favorable amongst WO. E175, extensive cadet program, Dallas base & ORD base, LGA base, MIA base, and RTP, has all played a huge role in attracting more new hires, not the 9-10yr flow!
A increasing the bonus was not a pay raise either! Pay attention Neophytes!
Also our Pay Banding sucks! Outdated and if that paper is part of any new TA/LOA , it needs to be burned with a high powered blow torch 50 feet away from the negotiation table.
Let's not forget, IIRC, we are still on the post BK / merger double concessionary contract. So all of these small things that we enjoy today are simply temporary LOA items with no long term stability mechanisms. I.E. new hire bonuses, retention bonuses (that expire next quarter), commuter hotels, ect. All these things could go away at a moment's notice, if AAG / Envoy decide to no longer entertain them. We could effectively be right back where we were in 2014. Having said that, I doubt our company leaders would be willing to shoot themselves in the foot, and kill off the pilot group by doing away with these items. But without them being written into a long term contract, it gives AAG the ability to be able to do away with them, if they should ever decide that Eaglevoy isn't worth that effort anymore. Endeavor was smart to solidify all of those temporary LOA items into a solid long term contract. If anything, it gave their workgroup a sense of stability.