Well the company has come out and is saying they want to implement new FO pay rates- evidently they cannot fill classes or keep people around. The rates are rather "industry average minus 4-6%". The contract is still not settled but they want to bring these rates in now. On the company board we are all saying NO. Fo's would love the raise but the company needs to deal with everybody. Plus this can very easily be viewed as "good faith" in front of a mediator to drag out talks some more. Just keeping everyone in the loop. I am on my way into work so I am sure some other PNCL people will post some more. A contract is definately getting closer, the company is realizing 2 things.
1. They must raise pay/work rules/benes to attract and attain
2. The union/pilot group is not taking crap from the company
And with the huge percentage of FOs and CAs that are going to time out this year this whole thing is going to get interesting!!
