Originally Posted by
doublebed
So it sounds like you are perhaps in a position to field these types of questions regularly. I assure you it is not that these folks don’t know the information that bothers you, but rather that your peers don’t care to look up the information on their own. Everything you mentioned is readily available and accessible to reference. As an example, do I know every little nuanced thing about our vesting schedule? No, but before I waste someone’s time asking about it, I’m going to look it up on my own. Just because someone doesn’t know how vacation works doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy their jobs so I don’t quite get your point their either.
But we’re all happy for you that you know everything.
I don’t know everything. I just read that people think that ALPA should provide this information and communication has been poor when ALPA has put out this exact information and it’s also available in easily accessible resources.
Personally when I take employment somewhere I do it to get paid. First thing I do is figure how I’m getting paid, when I’m getting paid, and when my money becomes 100% mine. I audit every single pay sheet for accuracy. My experience is there is a good portion of pilots that do not do this. They wouldn’t even know if there was a mistake or even being stolen from.
I’m not on FB personally but my spouse says the Spirit spouse Facebook group has a lot of bidding and compensation questions. It’s almost like many pilots have their spouses bid and trade their schedules, and collect and spend the paychecks. The pilot essentially just shows up when told and has no idea what’s going on. Hey if that works for them it’s cool but if I put the amount of time we do into a job I’m for sure going to know how it all works and where it all goes.