Originally Posted by
Mattio
It seems like a double standard. Vote Yes (assuming you were a yes voter) for the contract that wasn't quite good enough and then vote No for a pay raise when it becomes abundantly clear that everyone shafted the 190 guys too hard. Or, in other words, Vote Yes to not raise the bar and then vote No because a 190 raise alone doesn't raise the bar high enough......
It's lock-step with the history the airline world has of pulling the ladder up once you get to the top, and also lock-step with the story I heard of Airbus guys thinking 190 guys should have to re-interview before going to the Airbus to make sure they have the "right stuff"
I was actually a no vote but moved over because the contract didn’t do anything for the 190. It was written for the airbus. If the company needs to raise the rates on the 199 they are going to have to do a lot more then raise just the rates on the 190 to make it worthwhile for me. Other people might feel differently but that’s just me. I didn’t see a reason to vote this contract in right before the summer time when we actually had some leverage and I see no reason to help the company training cost wise when it doesn’t help me at all. We get no profit sharing for making this training problem the company put themselves in so why make life easier on them.