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).
I find the "retro pay bonus" to be really below par. The company dragged their feet for years costing all of us quality of life issues and lost pay. I don't think giving us a little bonus for 10months of it is adequate. And I would be interested to hear why it is only from October 2021-Aug22. Not sure how that timeline was created.
I think a WOCL override would help.
PBS means day-for-day vacation trading is not as useful, which is fine since with PBS it should be easier to get those individual days off that you need. I feel like for the massive gain the company will gain on PBS utilization and staffing that our other gains are pretty meager.
Nothing is above industry standard, and even the 401k contribution proposed is only raising us up to what other airlines have had for years.
I think more days off for reserve would help. The lower RAP window is better than before, but was hoping for more like a 10 hour RAP. 3 hour call out would have helped since every base is in a major metropolitan area.
Also not sure why we would once again limit the amount that premium pay can go up.. we don't need a defined ceiling in the contract that prevents us from making money. If the company wants to cap it at 200% for three months a year, that's on them.. but it shouldn't be in writing. We saw other airlines offering what was it.. 300% pay for the month of December?
I could go on, but will wrap it up there.