Originally Posted by
Globemaster2827
Blame DW all you want but if Pilot Groups are threatening Union Leadership with violence to vote for the Retirement that they voted for then you can't blame 1224 Leadership. If the Pilot Groups that work for these ACMI Carriers all want to vote for a 5% 401k match on a 10% Personal contribution that's limited to $10,000, no daily trip rig, less than industry standard pay rates, 64 hour guarantees, and 26 hour work days then it sets the bar low for all the other carriers. If Atlas/Southern end up in front of an Arbitrator in the next 12 months there's nothing leadership can do.
The system was supposed to be that there'd be agreements that there was a floor that nobody would accept less than. You can do that without all being in the same Union if Pilot Groups would hold out for Industry Standard Contracts and Atlas/Southern wasn't getting Amalgamated.
How much would the pilots at Kalitta be making today if we didn't get the new contract that DW was trying to keep us from voting on?(AND DELAYED 6 MONTHS) ? Compared to what we make today, the math does't support holding out for a better retirement in the short term. We will be negotiating shortly on our next contract with an excellent pilot group/management relationship.
1224 screwed the pooch, they cost many pilots over 100,000k delaying that contract, they ****ed off management that wanted to grow the airline and knew they couldn't without large pay raises. From some one standing over at K4 looking outward at 1224, it seemed very much so like our competitor was trying to hold us back with their pull in 1224 for their own gains. It's no wonder we went to ALPA as quickly and effectively as we did.