Originally Posted by
2loud
If anything, the awarded pay rates were lower than what Alaskan could have gotten in arbitration had VX not been a part of the equation. The bottom line is, VX piggy backed on Alaskan and got a huge windfall.
That is funny! It looks like you didn't read the actual arbitration award. Specifically the part were the arbitrators point out that the awarded pay rate below our peers was due to the Alaska pilot group's history of accepting 80% of what our peers accept going back to the 90s. We only got these pay rates because of the merger. Without the jcba the pilot group would have folded like a cheap suit.