Originally Posted by
KnockKnock
Food for thought regarding the Average up language. Spirit's current TA has the sole purpose of bridging the gap between their 2018 CBA and their upcoming JCBA with JB. They get a little pay bump that brings them in just a hair behind our new rates. I'm hearing JB may do something similar for their pilots. Maybe any lurking JB pilots can speak to this?? However, if JB were to pass a quick pay bandaid aimed at matching us just prior to their JCBA, those rates would then factor into our average. If that scenario played out, our Average would look something like this.DAL $337+UAL $335+AAL $330+SWA $282+JBA $306 =1590/5=$318......Even if the top 3 all had $337, we'd only get $319. Tip 'o the cap to management, they're not dumb. They knew exactly how to get votes without having to pay for them.
Assuming that's true, then for 2023, yes, the rates could be as you calculated. Once they and SW get rates on par with the big 3 however, (assuming 2024), that's when we'll get to where we wanna be. It's not as fast as we'd like, but sometimes you just gotta give the medicine 💊 some time to work.
Guys, step back for a second and recognize the paradigm shift that has occurred. No longer can AS credibly use the "We can't afford to pay what the big boys are paying" argument in order to secure the infamous "Alaska Discount". Given the insistence of our union, and the current confluence of events within our profession, they've had to agree that our rates is to be compared with that of the big 3, as opposed to only that of the LCC/ULCC.
That cat is out of the bag and going forward, the arc of pay equality must bend towards parity.