Originally Posted by pangolin;[url=tel:3444275
3444275]mesa scheduling rules are actually among the best in the industry. Properly staffed our sap and trip trading are superior even to the vaunted swa trip trade ability. The company has asks in section 13 we are not willing to give. Jr assignment being one. It would have just slowed things down tremendously. Pilots wanted fast. They got it. They wanted money. They got it. Absent the AA insanity I think this would have been an easy yes vote.
Completely disagree that we got money. We got rates worse than contracts negotiated five years ago. They get even worse when you consider inflationary pressures. $55 should have been the lowest we took as a starting point. AW rates were out before our contract, GoJet pilots are getting paid better to fly our own freaking aircraft. And the biggest thing for me is that union due paying members will be passed over for new hires in the 73. There’s no excuse for that. None.
SAP, you’re kidding, right?!? When was the last time you were able to see a green grid and utilize SAP?
The only good section 13 thing we have is junior available. Which the company never uses contract language and tries to bully pilots by using UJA coding and holding it against you. Unless that’s inconvenient for them.