Originally Posted by
flyboygt
Honest question for all the"no" voters, what are you willing to sacrifice in the current version to get your wants fulfilled?
Remember this is a negotiation not a demand letter. COLA, PS, etc all come at a cost.
As far as Implementation time, I'm just as upset about it but let's take into account that Southwest and Delta voted their TA down and took them 12 and 17 months to renegotiate their TA 2.0. if we take the average of the 2 at 14.5 months and company agrees to 3 month Implementation we arrive at 17.5 months from now at $hitty pay rates falling well behind our peers, no work rule protections, etc. Yes I agree that some items needed to be fixed but the implementation argument can't be fixed at this point. We as a pilot group WILL eat this 18 months one way or another.
Close / ammend all TA 1.0 loopholes. Get rid of all vague language. Disallow non-pilot (FAR) mandated duties. Do not replace contract language with outsourcing to "company policies".
Close every single paragraph with an ELSE clause.. e.g.
- "if Even More Space window or isle seat is available, pilot shall have the non-retributory option of declining the pairing at his choice of UTO/PTO or accepting a 150% pay override for the duration of the deadhead segment".
- Commuting: "pilots shall only be required to provide 2 flight opportunities (OAL) or 1 opportunity (on BJ) which arrives at the base prior to report time. END OF STORY. Company shall not question pilot's choice of flights nor require any additional burdon of the pilot. If the company wishes, it may provide positive space commuting and overnight accomodations (hotel) for the pilot to commute in a day early. However, this shall not be attached to any need to accept the arrangement. The offer shall be completely voluntary of the pilot and cannot be coupled with any consequential action (e.g. UTO/PTO)."
Pay: the
minimum needs to be >= SWA at every year and position, with an automatic snap up clause. We should
negotiate to achieve at least the average of DL, SWA, United, AA per hour, with an automatic snap up clause to the average, should any of these airlines change their pay.
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