Originally Posted by
PositiveRate20
What about these $500/month stipends these “cadets” will be getting? I’m no contract expert, but I’m surprised nobody has questioned this yet. I also THOUGHT it was agreed that hotels for new hires was a contract violation and yet that has continued. Kinda looks like the company just does whatever they want whether it’s contract compliant or not…..and the consequences for doing so seem to be nonexistent.
The CBA only covers pilots employed by Frontier. If they are given money prior to being an employee, it's not covered by the CBA. Once they become pilot employees then the CBA kicks in...hence the fight over new hire hotels. The consequences for violating the contract are not non-existent, we're bound by the RLA on how to resolve minor disputes. However strongly we may feel about an issue, these kinds of things are all deemed to be minor disputes and the arbitration process has to be followed and that can be lengthy. Often, the union has to decide which is the highest priority issue because we only get so many arbitrations a year.