Originally Posted by
El Peso
This is the part I don’t understand. What is the benefit of being a CKA? 96 hours a month? You could fly one PM trip and be over 110 easily. The job? It’s a tough job and you’re always being stretched super thin. Nights in the DFW training hotel during your Sim month and non stop OE during your flying month. Again all for 96 hours? Its a hard pass for me even if we weren’t in contract negotiations. Work harder for less money. Brilliant!
Pretty much my point. These guys are taking a worse job, screwing everyone else in the hopes they get large improvements in the new contract. That, or they are ego maniacs. It's disgusting and there should be union consequences. I saw one guy on the internal forum claim he was heavily involved in union work but at the same time "never saw" the guidance to stay away from CKA jobs.