Originally Posted by
DisbandtheRLA
6 year FO: $128.68-$112.00=$16.68/$112=14.9%
TOS captain: $216.45-$180.00=$36.45/$180=20.25%
AS pilots contract was amenable April 1, 2018. Our "early" negotiations didn't really materialize since the company didn't negotiate. Getting a JCBA that was a partial contract in October of 2017 made our raise 6 months early. Coincidentally the same 6 months we would have started negotiations for a new contract. Hardly the 3 years you pulled from thin air. Any speculation on "what could have been" holds no value to the conversation.
Did your FO rates at Virgin only go to 6 years? If so, a 12 year FO scale is also a windfall.
VX raises post JCBA.
TOS Captain: $258.53-$180=$78.53/$180=43.6% raise..
6 year FO: $153.70-$112=$41.70/$112=37.2% raise.
Thanks for the correction. I was thinking 2020 because that is what we are fighting for next. There is a 12 year FO payscale, but upgrades were running about 6 years at its longest.
My argument was that AS pilots got a raise too and it didnt take much for VX to get to AS payrates. You may see it as a windfall, but I doubt there is a VX pilot running around thinking they just won the lotto, as some of you make it out to be.