Originally Posted by
gatorbird
I average 20 hours and 4 days for every TX2, which I get most every month. With a 74 hour award, that means: 170 x 74= $12,580. That’s for 19-20 days off. If I go pickup during that month and work “like an airline pilot” with 15-16 days off, I’m at: 74 + 20= 94 x 170= $15,980. That’s an “effective rate” of $216/hr, and I call the shots on if I want to work or not. They’re offering me a 10% raise to $237/hr while losing my QOL control to a great extent, all while not earning PS/ESOP/inventive bonuses. And a less-than-stellar 11% DC to start. Might I remind you that this is the BEST negotiating environment we’ll ever see.
No vote from me until the TA, but not impressed by my bullet point math yet
you need to be realistic though. You're stretching on your numbers and that's not the best way to do it because what you can make in a year is more important than what you might make in a month. IF the language is good this contract will affect everyone differently (I.e commuters vs home based, CA vs FO, line holder Vs reserve and older pilots vs younger ones. All in all though as long as everyone votes with an educated understanding of what the changes are than we can't complain. You're seemingly a fairly senior CA and I'm a mid-level FO and our votes are of equal importance and at the end of the day we have to respect the whole groups decision even if we don't like it. Than again America did vote in Trump so I really hope we don't vote in the Trump of contracts.