Originally Posted by horrido27

So what you're saying is that it's ok for the middle third to take the biggest hit from this TA but it's not ok for the middle third to try and make it up (IF that is even possible)?!

Keep in mind, the middle third has a large portion of 756 pilots. They have seen the 764 which paid WideBody Pay parked.
Pay cut between 10-20% Then many of them went from lineholders to reserve.. another 10% paycut.
Then (IF this abortion of a TA passes) they will take a further 20-30% cut.

As far as the top of the food chain is concerned... If memory serves me right, those in the single digit seniority range are also those closest to retirement.. which are also the pilots who had their Pensions stolen or frozen by past management. So now THEY can't try and at least get some of the scraps of what's left, if THEY only have less than 5-10 yrs left?


Something you wrote IS interesting. You believe that the lower third is being "decimated" by this TA.
Interesting because in reality, the lower third is for all intensive purposes - either furloughed or possible going to be furloughed (If we go another 1000 deep from the 2850). So for the 2850.. this is a 50% pay raise! See what I did there-

ALSO, keep in mind that we currently a have provision within our contract that precludes this TA.
20-Q-8
The company COULD just offer SRL's for the foreseeable future. Sure, maybe we would need to negoaite an LOA whereby if enough pilots don't take them they force them in reverse seniority order. But then at least pilots would be getting 50hrs and our contract would be upheld.
AND this pilot group would not have to be the ones who decide if the lower part gets furloughed AND this pilot group would not be funding this mess.

The fact that we are now dealing with ANOTHER rumor that continues to divide this pilot group is unheard of!
WTF happened?!

Motch