Originally Posted by
ConfCodeCOOL
... So you want a $17500 bonus because they give new hires a 17500 bonus? What would you be willing to give up in order to get it? Because they wouldn't give us that free.
Also, with all due respect you're wrong, the 19-20 day off schedules were when we were well staffed... because the floor wasn't raised, and there was a better mix of pairings. Right now they are absolutely making the pairings cover as much flying as possible... not by block hours but when you look at the legs.
I agree on some of your points though. This was a real missed opportunity to get some of the stuff in the contract we needed in the contract, for 2 more years, like you said the operational necessity language and other language that needs cleaning up.
I get your point with the floor being raised effecting days off. But having 30 hour overnights in many cities every night definitely effects efficiency. If we deadhead those crews out there would be additional legs they could fly. If we multiply that by 3 cities there are 6 less pilots that are needed. Further multiplied by a month now you really start to see savings created through efficiency.
It is my opinion that at compass we are using schedule inefficiency as a way to keep crew members in the system for more days so they can be reassigned at the company's discretion. In essence creating a reserve pool.
As for the bonus, I did not say that we need the $17,500. I said any future bonus increases should be given to all. Meaning if they want to raise it to $20,000 then every pilot on property should be given an additional $2,500 bonus. I hope you see the difference. Doing this continues to allow the company to throw straight cash at their recruiting problems as they see fit but also gives them incentive to look for other, perhaps more cost conscious ways to recruit by improving on Quality of Life issues that have been created recently.