Originally Posted by
Joachim
No you wouldn’t.
You’d complain if your were told to. You’d complain if management got your union to do their dirty work for them and initiate a dishonest smearing campaign which in turn would be a perfect red herring for their own inadequacies. You and the other lemmings would rile each other up like chimps in a tribe and ruthlessly bash on the boogeyman you had been provided.
No US based Norwegian Captain made $100k. In fact Cityline and DY contracts are comparable. You guys were bashing good people. A handful of guys were in talks with ALPA to help them unionize. It could have turned into something good eventually. The workers were passionate about building it up trying hard to establish themselves as worthy of an industry standard contract.
Luckily we were all given 6 months of full pay upon termination. We were all offered jobs by a (very) good ALPA carrier and I found myself in class within four weeks. I’m now employed at my ultimate end game (hopefully) employer. Thanks for the ill wishers. You taught me to “smile and wave”
Joke is on you
Ok, if you say so. My cousin is a mortgage broker in Ft. Lauderdale. He called me one day a few years ago and said “Dude, I thought you guys made more money. “ He said he was doing a mortgage for a 787 Captain that makes $98K. I asked what company the guy worked for and he told me. I had never heard of it, but it was whatever company NAI was using for their FLL base. I explained what was going on.
Why did you take the job in the first place? Did you feel that compensation was reasonable for a 787 pilot? The problem with this industry is that whenever some Airline starts up with crap pay, there is never a shortage of pilots with shiny jet syndrome that take the job, then complain that pay sucks, and then ask ALPA for help. If no one took the job in the first place, the company would be forced to raise pay to a more competitive level. But let’s all feel sorry for the FLL NAI pilots who lost their job and celebrate those that landed on their feet. Sorry, I’ll pass.