Originally Posted by
BunkerF16
For you, it's an improvement. I lose money and days off with this TA. It's concessionary. Period, dot.
I'm glad there were many fixes, particularly with some of the pairing constructions and daily credit which helps the junior guys more. I never expected a pay raise out of this, mainly because of the PTOSB. I was fine with that. What I didn't expect was to take a substantial pay cut and have to work 2-3 more days a month.
Add on top of that vacation alllotment, no UTS, PS cliff, bottom of peer pay rates, COLA, should I go on? This is a bottom of the barrel TA which will keep us trailing our peers for the next 5-7 years. And when we got to mediation next time, the mediator is going to say, "Hey, you guys accepted bottom last time, guess where I expect you to accept this time?" Precedence will have been set.
My only hope to finish my career at a real airline with a pilot group that fights for its worth is to hope like hell we merge.
I hate to pick on you, sir, but you have to at least try and make a cogent argument. You are correct with the UTS, PS and COLA. We will always trail our peers because we negotiate for today and our cycle will always be behind. As far as "precedent" with a mediator there is no such thing and any suggestion is ludicrous.
All that aside, VOTE NO!
We can do better.