Originally Posted by
STzBack
Who absorbed the loss at the airlines when the flying went away 2 years ago? did they get their min guarantee? Nope. Min Guarantee was gone, cut, pilots were forced to go on unpaid leave. Their real money was gone. You still had you base pay. What's happening to the A320 captains at B6 right now when the company is asking them to take LOA's for January? The soft money goes away for us, the real money goes away for them too when things go bad.
You are conflating a lot of components here that is worth correcting. Those that went on reduced min guarantees did it VOLUNTARILY. Min guarantee was not gone, and cut, and pilots were not forced to go on unpaid leave. At least not at the majors. Base pay is min guarantee at the airlines. I can tell you that A320 CAs as B6 are doing just fine and will get min guarantee and more if there is flying for it. The LOAs are voluntary and it is pretty typical for the early months of the new year. AS is doing the same thing. They asked for it in JAN, you could take it if you wanted to. My line has 82 hours in it for Jan and I will get paid that or better. Honestly, your entire statement is basically incorrect.