Originally Posted by
WHACKMASTER
Listen, I didn’t come here to flame or anything of the sort. At the same time, no I’m not going to provide the math as it’s blatantly obvious that the contract highs of yesteryear have been eroded by inflation and in a big way as of late with no end in sight.
As those of us with some experience in this profession and industry know, a contract is about the sum of its working parts and not just Section 3 pay rates.
Given the current crunch for experienced pilots I was simply hoping that we could extract about a 40% increase to our rates to keep up with inflation and purchasing power.
I wish all of us collectively success in upholding our profession. Last I was told by my company, I’m accepting a 2.7 billion dollar liability every time we push the thrust levers up. By that measure we are GROSSLY under compensated.
Then you need to light a fire under your NC and get them to get you a new contract ASAP. The last word I read was it won't happen until until after the summer at the earliest. Given how you guys are getting JM'd every month, one would think that you could easily be the first out of the gate with that 40% raise.
I'm not solely about section 3; I need to see what the rest of the contract has. I'll accept a few less dollars per hour for a better QOL. Like no forced JMing.