Originally Posted by
PilotBases
You can really tell the guys who hadn’t worked at EDV pre LOA91, let alone 61…
9E ALPA ain't done shi!.
Management came to them... every time. A bonus here, another bonus there, a flow here, and that's about it. ALPA just sat, listened, and signed the dotted line.
Not once did they speak up on our behalf. Probably, starstruck by the attention.
What pilots and their families need is something real and not tied to life changing penalties.
For example: Forget the 117 rules.
A 12 hour work day (actual flying) and 12 hours of rest. Nice and simple. No need to reference some obscure line in the contract. An annual pay raise of CPI + 2% (or more) would be nice, too. Actually, there are a ton of things worth negotiating...
It's not too difficult to do the right thing by the people you represent. Stop kissing management butt and get real.