Originally Posted by
JasonR
Section 3 defines the pay scale as applicable to “all aircraft that seat 44-50 passengers with a common type rating.”
Why is everyone so concerned that if/when a larger airframe comes on property it will be at a discount? Even if the CRJ900 comes online, it would require renegotiation since the seating capacity is spelled out.
It seams to me that eliminating an outdated, larger aircraft, pay scale is actually an advantage. If the company wants to operate a new airframe (that’s not common to the CL-65 with 44-50 seats) they would be forced to not only get everyone trained, they will now also have to open up negotiations on the whole contract just to solve the compensation section problem that exists in the new TA.
Section 3 also says that a pay scale, not the entire contract, will be negotiated if they add an aircraft outside of the ones we have pay scales for, and it also says that if we fail to reach an agreement it will be taken to binding arbitration. (And I’m sure the arbitrator will be completely fair and equitable to us....)