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 - which is absolutely locked down and won't change.
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.
Electronic notification is already in the current contract. Not implemented yet.
No snap up but I would rather have the 3% we have. It’s a sure thing. Snap up isn’t.
Remember too that the reset to hire date pay is a win. It sucks it is going to take them 18 months. Makes little sense. Everyone hired before you had to deal with that crap too. Mine lags by 3 months. I finished before some people senior to me and then they pushed my date to the date they finished. Lost another 10 days on that.
There is some stuff lagging but the good outweighs the bad (my opinion).If we say no I would bet the money will get shuffled around. Same total amount but if we gain somewhere it will be a give elsewhere. Keep digging in and get informed. Lots of misinformation out there.