Originally Posted by
WillFlyForeFood
That's why I said some win some lose, I factored in min guarantee only. I realize you now get more in your 401k. We have pilots that don't pick up OT, they have families and want to be home as much as possible. Some guys don't get juniormanned, deadhead pay means squat if you're reserve. I could keep going. Again this does help some. But others it doesn't. So it's almost a wash. It's a pay enhancement. Not a raise.
The retention bonus was a joke. You wouldn't even see the first one until about 15-16 months in. And most FOs don't even get all of them before upgrading. On top of that having to wait until tax time to get back some of the witholdings on the bonuses. And as previously stated the company could get rid of them at any time. As well, all current FOs got the 20k signing bonus on day 1 that is now gone.
If you want to say this deal is unfair compared to the original AIP I agree. But I don't understand how anyone thought our pay scale and bonus restructures would be any different than PSA/Piedmonts, which is the entire reason why the union wanted things such as sick time payout, more days off on reserve, etc in lieu of PSA having a higher blended rate.
It seems like a lot of people on here have a poor understanding of our pay banding vs PSAs blended scale.