Originally Posted by
flightlessbirds
+1
Also please remember that you read the CBA when you decided to come to AWAC. That insurance is very important collectively to the group. It is callus almost beyond belief to throw that whole collective effort under the bus by saying that giving it up isn’t a concession because it doesn’t cost you anything.
Pre mid/late-00s almost every self respecting major company had decent insurance. AWAC pilots were able to get very good insurance. That it now looks great is more a testament to how far most insurance has fallen in corporate cost restraining/benefit cuts than anything else.
This is a line that needs to be held. There are plenty of other airlines that offer marginally better hourly rates and significantly substandard insurance. That may be a better option for you. Please consider instead of trashing the collective decisions and efforts of the AWAC pilot group.
There hasn’t been a collective agreement in what? 10 years so the people here now had zero say in the current insurance. Also, I believe we should have both great rates and insurance but if the company wants to average let’s say 80k per employee something has to give. What benefits a greater percentage of the group? What’s more likely to get pilots in the door that want to buy a house and pay off college? The airline needs pilots to keep showing up to stay in business. Nothing talks like $$$