Originally Posted by
ReadyRsv
Did the Fed money guarantee pay rate protection?
Did the Fed money cancel displacements?
Did the Fed money increase LTD?
Did the Fed money provide FC DH?
Did the FED money provide unlimited 90 day COLAs?
The very best case scenario for us was to take exactly one month of reduced guarantee to ensure we received all of the permanent benefits. That is what happened.
Another thing, that a lot of people on here talk about is the three groups and the haves and have nots. You know who is a have not when we do nothing? The guys who lose their damn jobs. The guys who get downgraded and forced to commute across country. Doing nothing is as much of a choice as doing something. We have both AA and our flight attendants to compare ourselves to both look poor.
To the guy talking about Vacation, I'm not sure what you're on about.
From the "guy talking about vacation", of course you don't. You don't know that part of the contract and our MEC decided not to tell us about that little nugget in the LOA because it went against their sales job. Now I didn't catch on right away either but after it was explained to me and I ran the numbers it was obvious this was the "give" in the LOA.
During the LOA debate, I took the time to lay out a vacation month compensation example in a lengthy post here on APC. (please go back and look for reference)
In your defense, our compensation IS needlessly complex but many of us are losing pay with no change in hours worked during vacation months. Fact. Period. The MEC knew this and decided not to bring it up. That is why I voted NO. Now to have people going around spouting about a pay raise? Really? I can work the same number of hours as last year and under the LOA my pay would go down. That is a pay cut. I can absolutely understand why some would vote YES on this LOA, but don't simplify (not directed at Readyrsv) us NO voters as greedy, heartless people. I did my research on this LOA and made an informed decision.