Originally Posted by
biggun
Not a poster here. Happy first post.
Has the MEC take any pay cuts since this c19 happened? They all still getting their 94.5 fulltime hours, non displaced?
What type of actual guidance have the LEC reps delivered to the NC and what were the size and depth dimensions of their sandbox? Who guided the NC, the reps or the Master Chair?
Why all the executive session?
What type of polling has taken place in order to get the pulse of the pilots? What limitations have the pilot group placed on this process?
The top 2/3's have all taken a beating on displacements. Most lose about 10K a month due to lost pay in lower paying categories. Have the MEC on FT pay protection experienced the same? Or do they continue to get their "best held" 94.5 hrs pay without going to training? Will they have to retroactively repay anything? My concern is that Insler and his gang will keep getting big pay, while the minion line pilots take one for the team.
What are the automatic triggers to snap back and retro pay? Who guarantees we get made whole and what is that process?
When did the LEC reps authorize the NC to pursue this course of action?
What does the AIP do to dues income at ALPA as compared to not having the AIP?
Is this now simply a part time job? Is that the view of ALPA?
Are the pilots simply financing the business plan of UAL, or is the rest of the employees taking one for the team as well? Are we the only ones "participating" in reduced earnings schemes to finance and fund the airlines business plan?
i’m sure if you look at hours worked over the course of the pandemic, all of the ALPA guys and gals have more than earned their pay. Having good people in right now is more important than ever, and I for one believe they are probably worth every penny we are paying for it.
obviously just speculating, but if you told any of the ALPA people that they could either work 80 wry stressful hours a week for their pay, or work zero hours a week for reserve pay… I think given what they’ve been through, most would choose the latter.
it’s easy in the heat of battle to critique every decision they’re making, but I suspect when we look back at this a couple years from now and see how dire the stakes were, I believe we will thank them for their work