Originally Posted by
Bond
No bashing here, just an observation based on the post of some of those very same users. I have a few friends over there and I wish them nothing but the best, they will all vote no, and I'm glad you will too. As far as my company is concern don't you worry, I make more flying a 50 seater than all others with my same longetivity flying 70-90 seaters...that wasn't a low blow, just a reality. Again best of luck brother.
Anything any pilot group gets good or bad affects the rest of the industry...that's also a very vivid reality.
Maybe and I didn't take it as a "low blow," you're just stating your opinion and I respect that; but how about when you count soft pay, which is the fact they don't pay 1.95% and get around $4-$5K per year in bonuses. Total that's about a $5-$7/hr in additional pay for our CR2 pilots and when you add the CR7/9 BHO (Brand Holt Override) to the equation that takes is up another $1-$5/hr ($8-$12 total) dependant upon your year and seat. Unfortunately 1st year pilots don't get the bonuses and 2nd year pilots only get about 25% (what it works out to be in $) of them. His needs to also be addressed in the pay proposal, every pilot should get all the bonuses seeing we all assist in the productivity of this airline. Now if you count base hourly rates, yes XJT has us beat in just about every year.
BTW, I have a friend who works for XJT and he started class two weeks after I started with SKW. His W2’s were $300 higher than mine after yr 1 and I beat him by almost $5K in year two. Just saying, we can argue all you want but that's all we’ll be doing.
I voted YES for ALPA and I’ll vote NO for this BS pay proposal!