Originally Posted by
Rroku
These yes voters are why AA pilots can't have nice things.
Bottom of the barrel sick accrual at 60 hours a year.
Don't get the sick hours you've earned until the following year.
Can't pick up the remainder of the trip if you call out of any part.
Can't decline RO anymore.
Electronic notification making it easier for the company.
Nothing to fix TTS, red/redder.
Many things don't go into effect for 18-36 months.
No penalties if AA misses deadlines.
No snap up.
No two pilot requirement in the contract.
Just to name a few. We were promised QOL, it isn't there. At all. What you get is a pay raise thanks to Delta stepping up industry pay. Biggest hiring boom ever. Largest numbers of retirements ever. If we vote no AA will have to come to the table quickly because they can't afford to let everyone else hire all the qualified applicants as the rest get their new contracts. We'll get stuck with the flows who can't get hired anywhere else and have no choice but waiting their turn.
So quick to cave in and accept anything thrown your way. It's pathetic.
Ah yes, our employment conditions are so dire and awful. How do we manage to go to work every day?
All sarcasm aside…I think it’s fantasy to believe if we vote no, then AA will come running to us to settle on these items. Bottom line is we have no shortage of applicants. And even SWA, which is losing people left and right, has remained stubborn and refuses to settle their negotiations. You really do think AA will cave to your demands? It’s highly unlikely they will. Voting no will only drag this out even longer for marginal or no real gains.