Originally Posted by
The Juice
Colgan Air has just announced that it has made some changes in how they treat their pilots.
1) Commuter Policy. Pretty much a typical commuter policy as in the pilot must list on two flights prior and be able to show proof if asked.
2) Uniform allowance. $200 a year after their first year of service. You have the option of rolling it over to the next year if you do not use it.
3) Parking. Colgan has always paid for parking at the pilots base but now they offer to pay parking at another location outside of base if the pilot wishes, example would be parking off site or at the pilots commuter airport.
4) Report time. You now have 1.5 hour call out to show after being called if based at IAH, BWI, EWR, and LGA.
So I am wondering why the sudden kindness from Buddy and the gang? Seems fishy when the union drive will be kicking up again here soon?
What does all this cost?
1) not sure, but might mean a larger reserve pool
2) $80,000 total or 5 1/2 CENTS per flight hour per pilot
3) should cost no more than having everyone park at IAH, BWI, EWR, and LGA
4) little out of pocket, but may have some affect on what the mainline pays (revenue) assuming flights are delayed an additional 30 minutes
1, 3, and 4 are not concessions to pilots, they are concessions to the hub system. All they do is build in a little more wiggle room for crew scheduling and dispatch. They may be an attempted solution to recent poor on time performance.
As for 2....... that is roughly equal to 3 seconds of fuel burned during a single engine turn