Originally Posted by
keysersose
Don't be a Cramer and shake hands on the first offer of a years supply of coffee. You are a pilot. You have situational awareness. The current situation is that if Spirit management doesn't pay more to new hires they will have empty classes followed by cancelled flights. Instead of saving a few million a year they will lose hundreds of millions. This is the pilot shortage we have all been told was going to happen for the last 30 years. It's actually happening now. Every pilot in the country needs to realize this and not fight our companies fight for them. The difference between pilots having a 5 million dollar career and a 10 million dollar career is not wrapped up in first year pay. It's wrapped up in 12th year pay.
Hey, I’m past first year pay. This isn’t about me, it’s about the next guy. Look at NK ALPAs own graph. NK FOs are trapped in lag and the scheme didn’t work. And NK management doesn’t give a rat’s rear about it. They are heading for the exits. But even if they weren’t they STILL wouldn’t give a rat’s rear about it because they would happily pick up the leavings as the regionals crumble and when those are gone, they’ll take 1500 hour wonders from the puppy mills. They WANT high attrition because it keeps the entire FO cadre on the junior end of an already industry lagging payscale.
Are you too blind to see that your model isn’t working? And are you too callus about your fellow pilots to see this isn’t fair to the new guys? The union is responsible to look after them too, not use them as hostages in the bargaining.