Originally Posted by RJSAviator76

This is a complete and utter BS.

First of all, let’s get one thing straight... no such thing as “violating CBA” to credit anything. Our CBA provides for us to be able to credit these kinds of numbers and occasionally, it’d be involuntary as well.

The reason you’re gaining 40%+ percent is because you’re just that grossly underpaid in comparison to your peers flying the same or similar type of aircraft, not because your management is feeling charitable and wants to reward you for your contribution to their success.

Part of our TA1 at Southwest was that we would gain additional 0.7% match contribution to our 401k. The pathetic thing was that 38% of the weak sisters voted yes on this garbage and in today’s environment!

Following rejection of this garbage, we had special election, new negotiations committee formed, several mediated negotiations and we ended up with TA2, voted on, with full or almost full retro (depends who you ask) less than a year later... In the end, we got the proper B-plan and the improvements we sought. One of those improvements was to our reserve where now a reserve pilot could credit crazy numbers... the kind you call “violating CBA.” We fell short in some areas, but it was a massive improvement over TA1 and it took some intestinal fortitude which sadly seems to be lacking among some of you.

It’s not on me or any OAL pilot to tell you how to vote. If it were me, from the payrates alone and PBS being instituted, combined with tax break all our airlines will be getting, it would be the easiest NO ever, but that’s me. The mediator CANNOT hurt you. They don’t measure success by getting you a FAIR contract. They measure success by getting both of you to sign something and move on. A mediator is actually allowed to lie to either party “to spur the negotiations.” Don’t believe me... look it up yourself.

The reality is very simple. The company negotiators are there to secure the best possible deal for the shareholders and the management team. Your union’s job is to secure the best deal for its membership. The mediator is there to help bring it to a close.... nothing more, nothing less. In the end, you decide what’s enough and what your career is worth and you vote accordingly. It seems to me that you believe that your career is worth less than that of a Southwest pilot... or a United pilot... or a Delta pilot... even Alaska pilot. Your CEO doesn’t think he’s worth less, but he and his team have done a fantastic job making you feel that you are. He and his negotiators should get the biggest and the fattest raise and a bonus if you sign this. It would be well deserved.

One word to describe it... unfortunate.