Originally Posted by
HersheySquirts
Your pay went up 43% and yet it still was way below what the non union Flexjet guys were making. Not a great claim for what Teamsters has done for you.
If you remember 2009 there was the Geat Recession and we had 200 pilots on furlough. Getting a 43% pay raise and having work rules was a big plus over what Kenn wanted to pay us. Flex paid up right away to avoid the union when the Netjets union raised the bar for ALL the Fractional pilots in terms of wages and benefits.
The fear of being called into the office to explain why you wrote up an airplane for “just a fuel leak” or “ just a worn tire” when you still had trips assigned to the aircraft, those things went away with the Teamsters and contract. As well as the 14+ Hour duty days and floating duty days. Lets not forget the slide to poverty pay system where with every up grade you slide back to year 1 pay rate.
That is why keeping a union is important to keep from going back to those bad old days.