It’s the schedule, being lied to by management and complete disregard for the JCBA. Here’s a good place to start, ask anyone in management to explain how you are paid. About every third paycheck is wrong.
Schedule: They will give you a schedule on the 24th and on the 2nd you end up with a bunch of days that got dropped and are now ON CALL days. Sounds nice right? Until you realize the “company” interprets this to mean now you are responsible for 18hr duty period. So instead of knowing you had a 0530 brief and you’d be able to pick your kids up from school now you are on the hook for a
0400 - 1800 reassign that finishes at 2000. This is being done intentionally so they have flexibility in the schedule. If you pay attention the event you were scheduled for is still there (uncovered) but now they own you for 3 sim period instead of just one. If they move you from that 0530 brief to a 1330 brief then they’d have to pay you reassignment (1.5 for all 8hrs) by “PARKING” you On Call they don’t but can still move you. This kills your QOL.
You are a salaried worker (as the company sees its). So overtime, holiday, vacation, and reassignment if calculated by taking your monthly salary / monthly hours ETO calculate an hourly rate then multiplying that by 1.5 or 2.0. Then they will subtract your straight pay and add in you overtime, premium etc. They do the same for vacation and sick. It is unbelievable how often it is just flat out wrong. If you catch it usually they will have an excuse. If you keep pushing it most the time they will eventually fix it. Sometimes not. You can file a grievance but many just decide it’s not worth working there any more.
I’d also ask what the turn over has been the last 12 months? They’ve now been hiring for 12 mo this so Covid and VSP are not justifiable excuse for people leaving. There is one answer for the turn over and it is the leadership and culture.
4 years ago this was a great job. It is night and day compared to then and the only reason is the leadership.
I’m not sure where you guys are in your career. If you live in Dallas AND you have some Boeing experience AND you’re looking to stay busy in retirement I could see someone doing this job for a few years for benefits for a younger spouse or kids before retiring.
If you have a medical this job will set your career back a decade. Go look at JetBlue they’ll give you a seniority number as an instructor
If you don’t have a medical look at American where they’ll actually pay you for the work you do. There has been a mass exodus of instructors to FSI and CAE. These are new instructors either some 8-10 year guys.
Also you might want to Google SWAPA / instructors lawsuit.
Good Luck