Originally Posted by
Newstick189
Voting no is just as good as keeping things the same. It doesn’t mean we will get more. In fact, if the economy takes a **** and we’re still the lowest paid guys in the industry due to a no vote we probably will have even less leverage in 2021 which is the next midterm negotiation.
The pay raise is so little. It's not going to make much of a difference in future negotiations. This TA is all about work rules.
Originally Posted by
Newstick189
Personally, the 5 hour extension is not a deal breaker. I understand why the company wanted it since we fly longer legs with the jet and personally it doesn’t impact me in the least since I’ve only been extended maybe... 2 times?
The bigger problem is not that your two extensions might have been up to an hour longer. The big problem is that the extensions can be an hour long
AND you will susceptible to being extended more often. There are simply more turns that fit in the five hour window than fit in the four hour window.
Your statement that "it doesn’t impact me in the least since I’ve only been extended maybe... 2 times?" is a very short-sighted way to approach this topic, because you can expect more AND longer extensions.
Consider also that this language lets them conserve the JM stamps for longer, full-day JMs, where those would have been used up on the turns that fall in that 4-5 hour window.
The extra hour of extensions is a significant step backwards.