Originally Posted by
KnockKnock
And you did the same at VX to have the JFK base??? It’s funny that all this “AS is a terrible place and VX was so much better”, rhetoric, only comes from VX guys. However AS guys and every single OAL pilot I’ve EVER talked to, don’t see this acquisition the same way. Would I be correct in saying the VX “agreement” reflected your willingness to overlook the deficiencies in pay, retirement, vacation accrual, lack of CBA etc. so you could live in your favorite zip code? Where exactly would you have placed VX in that group of 7? You made more than Frontier so maybe you’d have come in at #9/10? Look at the bright side, you jumped 3 spots
I wish you luck in you employment elsewhere.
Yeah nice try, doesn’t work. When I was hired SFO was the only base. I commuted 6 months before moving to base. LAX became a base and then later New York at the end of 2013. I already moved twice for this job, once when hired into SFO and then once more when NY opened. I didn’t choose this place because I somehow magically guessed what bases would open after being hired. Very few people chose to come to VX because of its base offering. As opposed to AS which is notoriously known to “prefer” PNW zip code applicants.
As for VX, we voted in ALPA very quickly in 2015 considering the airline started flying in 2007. Our first contract would have come, just like JetBlue did with their first ALPA contract. Anyway that’s going off on acenarios that can’t play out. I know what AS pilots think of this acquisition. I like your assertion of OAL pilot opinions on this acquisition. What do you mean “don’t see this acquisition the same way.” Why beat around the bush, just say what you want. It’s not about how you see this acquisition. It’s about your (and now our) current contract being sub-par and surpassed by ALL 7 other legacy/mainline carriers.