Originally Posted by thepotato232

The OP wasn't referencing the differences between ALPA and IBT representation going into this contract cycle - our current contract is an ALPA document, and fewer than a quarter of the pilots currently on property at K4 were in place to vote on which union would represent the pilot group. Not that I expect that piece of information to interrupt the sniping in this thread or anything, but that's important context.

K4's LOA increasing the 401k DC to 12% went into effect this month. 5Y's LOA would exceed ours, though I understand theirs has some strings attached on which I'm not qualified to comment. Hopefully we can carry some of the current momentum in the industry into our segment of the business. Atlas's cast-off over at FedEx has loudly announced his intention to undermine their ALPA pilot group by farming out more of the shop to ACMIs. It would be wise of us to use that fact to draw more focus at the union's national level to addressing the compensation gap currently in place, regardless of who is representing us.