Originally Posted by
rightseat
We still have Biden for two more years (at least). We should absolutely be looking for a minimum of 20% since termination of the old contract with full retro, plus 8-9% per year through the term if the next contract. Anything less, and we are going backwards.
Anyone who believes the inflation numbers the govt puts out as the price of “your personal inflation rate” is living in fairy tale land. If we don’t hit $350, I will probably be a no, unless they hit all the ancillary stuff like LTD, per diem, parking, uniforms, etc. out of the park. Then I could maybe back it down to $345.
While I support SWAPA, I honestly feel they are not aiming high enough and we will have to give them more leverage by giving the SAV a NO vote and then turn down the first offer they support. Sadly, I think we are still a year out.
All very true. If inflation was still calculated the way that it was in the 70’s, the last time we had this problem, it would be double. Regional pilots have been brought up somewhere in the 45%-65% range. I think that’s realistic. I’ve been so disappointed that major airline unions have failed to factor in inflation when negotiating. At this point a 17%-18% raise is just to get us back where we were. Inflation is currently going up almost 0.5% monthly (based on their numbers).