Originally Posted by
echelon
Lots of good things in here but is it the once-in-a-career contract we would be swinging for in this unprecedented pilot market? No.
As a 6 year FO, I should be getting in the ballpark of $~55k of retro back to 4/1/2020. A $22k bonus isn't even close.
I didn't see a WOCL override?
Vacation at 3:45/day isn't much of an improvement, tbh.
Reserves are now "required to check their schedule" when they get back to base?? What?? So now we have to help this company @@@@ us? Why are we giving up ANY of the control we have over our lives?
Overall, at first glance of the summary, it's not terrible. It's collectively a big improvement over status quo but that barely means anything given the garbage under which we currently work. It basically reaches the industry bar in some areas (not all), and raises it in none.
We can do better. And they owe me a hell of a lot more than $22k for the shenanigans they've pulled for the last 2.5 years (not even counting the slope they never negotiated following the JCBA).
Seriously all of this ☝️☝️☝️
The bonus is not even close. This is our chance for an amazing contract and this one just finally brings us up to “not bad”. Everyone has been working under a terrible contract for so long that a just “ok” one looks like the f-ing lottery. If our first year FO pay is the same as regional first year FO pay then we have a big problem. Does Alaska expect regional captains making $200/hr to come here for half the pay and worse quality of life? This contract probably won’t keep FOs here let alone draw new pilots here.