Originally Posted by
SlimBob
The company has shown that they have no desire to move training pay up or pay bennies day 1. If we vote no or yes FOs still leave. So if we vote no this drags out for 6 more months, I lose out on $25k to gain $10/hr which will take another year to make up the difference and we'll be back at the table anyway. I wish it were higher too but because the training pay is still bad I'm leaning yes.
The only people losing out on 25k in 6 months are first year fo's that would be moving to the new 2nd year pay scale and even that's a stretch. I don't think any other scale Is taking that big of an increase. I also don't see this dragging out as the company needs this deal more than we do. They said In the beginning they want a deal by March. For most captains to make up the difference in pay it's equal to picking up a two day or a few turns and for fo's it's even easier with 200% being handed out like candy.