Originally Posted by
LuvsTacos
Why do people think that attempting but failing to get new rates that meet inflation is the goal? Why are TAs coming out that have concessionary rates when inflation is figured in? Should not goals be inflation +%? I see these new rates when applied to major airlines as a failure. This is the first time in decades there is a chance to pull back the losses and failures of previous contract compensation. Look at the regionals right now, inflation+ TAs being hammered out every week. CAs at regionals are about to make as much or more as legacy/major/lcc FOs that have been on property for years. This bar needs to be raised at both the regional and final level of career progression in this industry. I’m seriously at a loss of words whenever I see these things being pushed out. I’m not talking about QOL here, those improvement are completely separate in my mind and also deserve as much improvement. I really hope I am not alone in recognizing this bargaining power that has finally arrived. A raise is not a raise if inflation is more or equal to the new rates.
The difference is that regionals are on the verge of shutting down due to lack of pilots (especially captains) and the legacies all have large pools and are having no problem filling classes. So the airlines are throwing money at the problem at the regionals and the legacy pilots don't have nearly the leverage they think they do especially as the recession sets in. The legacy pilots are overplaying their hand in my opinion. They are comparing apples to oranges. The legacy pilots should be able to achieve inflation +1% but the 400% raises some regional pilots have seen ain't gonna happen and it will be a hard sell to get retro pay for the time the airlines were on government life support. If that's the goal, they will just get themselves parked until next year at the bottom of the recession when they get concessions rammed down their throats.