Originally Posted by
crazyjaydawg
With “negotiations” starting again in a little over week, what can we expect in the post COVID era?
ULCCs like Sunny (huge gains in less than 6 months of talks!) are getting competitive contracts, start-ups like Breeze are raising pay and ATP has deals to put CFIs direct into the right seat of Frontier, Avelo and Suncountry.
With the degree requirement dropped, I feel like the company finally has to come to terms that this is a pilot’s market. The PWA is squarely average and I know more pilots are leaving for FedEx and UPS than the other way around.
What can we expect to see in the next 12 months?
I want to see some good prognostications before my popcorn runs out!
I’m not personally going to negotiate in public and I encourage everyone here to remember that. Management reads these forums. (Not saying we can pontificate, but just something to remember)
Everyone should be participating in the surveys and contacting their reps.
Re: FedEx and UPS, I personally have anecdotal observations to refute that. We are still high up on many people’s lists. I doubt many, if any, are leaving us due to our contract. It’s more likely that they have other reasons for leaving (domicile locations still being the primary driver).
Having said that, we need a new industry leading contract, and I feel our pilot group is very much united on that front.