Originally Posted by
DashTrash
I cannot remember an airline ever having a second bullet in the chamber. In my memory, it has always taken a significant amount of just to get back to the table. It took Delta a long time, but they recalled their MEC and NC which took extra time. They also got retro pay when they did sign a deal. But they got moderate gains when they got TA2. That’s kind of the history when pilots vote down TAs.
Maybe it should go back? Like I said, I’m really undecided. I was hoping to see some creative approaches to solving some of our scheduling and QOL issues. That’s not in this TA!!! It’s just add pay, add pay, add pay…. The Company will figure out how (if they already haven’t) how to minimize their exposure to paying add pay.
The small pay increases are at the cost of pretty large QoL gives. The only people who would seem to benefit from this would be PIs as their work rules remain largely unchanged; for everyone else subject to operational lines or reserve, we’ll be getting bent over a barrel.