Originally Posted by
Swarley
couldnt agree more. An online forum would be a silly place to discuss any actual negotiation tactics. But believe it or not, your arguments are the exact same I hear all the time in the cockpit, strangely enough more often from junior captains. When specifically addressing the attrition problem, apparently they think year 1-5 guys are leaving because 12 year CA pay just isn’t enough. The kicker is that they will say (regarding raising 1st year pay) that it’s the company’s responsibility to attract people and 1st year pay isn’t the unions problem, but when the simple solution is presented, you’d think someone just came in and shot your dog or something the way you react.
Agree with the last. Somehow it’s quite acceptable for people who have reached a point of sufficient financial stability that their prosperity is assured to say it’s quite acceptable to screw over the newbies (after all, I went through it when I was a newbie and I survived it) but I can well imagine what the cockpit atmosphere would be like the rest of the flight if one of those newbies opined that since there was no serious attrition of senior CAs all future contract improvements should be targeted towards the FOs and junior (non line holder) CAs where the attrition is actually occurring.
A union should look out for EVERYONE it represents, not depending on management to take care of anyone. You know,
union - as in ‘unity’? Not ‘screw the junior people as long as I get mine.’