Originally Posted by
Neptune2004
Your pay might have been low compared to your peers but it wasn’t NK low, especially the FO rates. Scope and LTD for you guys was pretty solid as well. Again all these things make the decision to shoot down a TA and wait for the next one much easier.
Actually, our scope was solid. Our LTD STILL needs to be worked on and is one of the main reasons I voted no on our TA2. Yet, it's light years away from yours... and it shouldn't be. Yet, you're choosing to settle for it. You're also totally failing to see the retirement gain in our TA2 as opposed to TA1 and the effect it had on our income... we no longer had to contribute money in order to get anything from the company towards retirement and this is after the company and the pilot naysayers were saying we'd never see B-plan on the property.
I’m against PBS but according to the surveys some people actually like pbs and I’ve found this to be the case with some people I talk to or fly with.
Sure! Just like some people like to be choked, slapped, hogtied and whipped as part of their bedroom fun...
As far as compensation goes, the pay needs to come up for some CA/FO’s in some longevities. The 10-12 captain rates are pretty industry standard. Unfortunately the Alaska arbitration put the cap on where the rates are for our peers.
Will shooting down this TA be worth a small increase in compensation? PBS is here to stay I’m afraid.
It's not just PBS. Assuming you wear the 'Discount Fares, Not Discount Pilots' lanyard... do you think you'll live up to that if you vote YES? Only you can answer that...