Originally Posted by
Thedude86
Morale was good when I started. Late 2015/early 2016 it started going down. PSA upped the FO pay to match the competition, and morale improved. 3 years later as everyone else is making improvements and we’re slowly going backwards with the LOAs of the last 2 years and morale is down in the tank again. My impression is it’s worse than it was 3 years ago. I guess it’s subjective.
That's exactly what I'm seeing. For a little while, it seemed the company/AAG was going to do what it took to not only get people in the door, but keep them around, and it was working. Over time, things became markedly improved at a couple of different regionals, but it made sense that we stayed where we were, as we do have the flow. Then just about every other place, save Envoy and Piedmont, started improving their work rules/compensation. All this while seeing "most respected regional" shoved down our throats, like saying it more made it even more true or something.
With that said, most people on BSL aren't complaining constantly about the company, but how the union responds to them. Such a large portion of our pilot group is now on reserve, and they see the 'wonderful' treatment from scheduling, including things that should be considered contract violations, but are simply ignored by the grievance committee on the regular. I know guys who have been here 3+ years who are considering leaving because of how bad it is. But then we're told "stop complaining, they company has agreed to pay you extra, if you work on one of your 11 days off!"