Originally Posted by
MileHi
Endeavor pilots can be junior assigned up to 2 times per month and 8 times per year. They also regularly perform airport ready reserve. Endeavor Co basing makes it challenging for commuters requiring a crash pad. Also, min days off for EDV lineholders is 11. EDV has no trip and duty rigs. Throw in a lower per diem with a lower min day pay credit. This is in addition to 30% lower Healthcare premiums at republic with higher company HSA contributions. These are several areas that not only affect the pilot's pocketbook but also their QOL. I would hope in this day and age, pilots realize that other factors weigh on a pilot's W-2 and QOL and not just pay rates. If you don't believe me, how bout this. Suggest to Republic pilots that they should give up all gains in all the areas their contact is superior to EDV including the soft pay they fought so hard for. In exchange, they get Endeavor rates immediately. Keep in mind though, that their offer currently on the table already does that for captains at year 16+ and for all the other captains in less than 2 years. I understand the temptation, but most pilots are smart enough these days to look beyond just the page with pay rates.
Fwiw, I've never been JM. I don't know anyone who has been JM in the last year. I've never even heard of someone getting JM in the two years I've been at 9E. Please don't make it sound like you know us and what it's like to work for us. I've also never once got less than 15 days off since I've been here. Looking through the bid pack, I'm having a hard time finding people who only get 11 days off that didn't want it. Co basing isn't challenging at all for commuters needing a crash pad since the company pays for a free shuttle that runs between the airports and makes a stop in kew. That's over 100k per year they spend to run that daily shuttle for us. And very soon they will convert it into a corporate Lyft acct like the Delta FA's have. As was said, you can bid to start in whatever base you like and you have to finish in that base.
In exchange we got positive space to work. Better reserve rules, long call, higher min day pay for reserves. And a bunc,h more.
One thing you did get right, we do have Ready reserve, and it sucks. Nail on the head with that.
And you're also right that we don't have trip or duty rigs. But tbh, we don't need them. Our trips are built pretty well and we have lots of diversity. Btw, not so secret secret.... Our 5 day trips are trip rigged to 5 hours of credit. That makes a 5 day worth 25 min.
And yea, his averages are insanely off. Average awarded is much higher. It doesn't take much mathematics to see that it would be impossible to have a 76 hour awarded line average with a 75 hour guarantee. You would need 1000 people getting awarded min to offset 100 guys getting high credit lines.
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