Originally Posted by
Excargodog
I’m not mad at anyone. I just think that people who keep repeating that same mantra despite the fact it has obviously not worked are crazy. What’s that old saying about doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result? NK has now gone two contracts with that philosophy and still has industry lagging first year pay. You can laugh all you want, but our junior pilots deserve better.
And the letter UA management sent to ALPA was to cover the fact that the MEC members voting to send the TA to the pilot group had stepped on their dicks by approving a concessionary contract and UA management was hoping to avoid getting them recalled and replaced by less pliable reps.
You truly think UA management sent that letter because they sat around and decided they WANTED to give the pilots more?
I know you are frustrated that the last two contract cycles at NK have not resulted in better 1st year pay. I am as well. But it's not just the 1st year guys that are behind, the entire pay scale is behind. The main problem is NK management. To force NK management to give a higher 1st year pay, they would demand the rest of the scale (or some other rule/benefit) take a hit, because it's NK management, and they want the totality of the agreement to be lower than your peers. So unless you get new management (and more than likely a new model), you literally will have to give up something for the other +84% of the group.
That calculation changes with new management, as I said.