Originally Posted by
ogarmyopar
I will forever be shocked that the pay rates and bonus weren’t eye watering with the amount of concessions they tried to include in ta1.
Unfortunately I see this playing out for a very long time. They aren’t going to offer industry standard and we will and should continue to say no until they do however long that takes. My blood boils to think about guys retiring every month without an improved pension but that was the risk accepted with not addressing it in the last contract. But please direct your anger at the cheap a$$ company that many of you are so loyal to for not acknowledging your career and sacrifice with an improved pension AND an industry standard contract not at your fellow pilot for refusing to work for less with major concessions and some unknown pancake retirement plan to fund a pension increase.
Some of my anger rightfully goes towards my fellow pilots that still support the dishonest NC chair and his entourage. The NC chair that gave concession after concession after concession when times were good, then told us that opening up scope again wasn't risking the concessions that were TAed. How can we trust him to negotiate for us again? how can we trust those that still support him and his shenanigans? He may be a valuable asset to our team with his knowledge, but he definitely should not be anywhere near the controls. He was supposed to be the number one gatekeeper, the MEC being the number two. Both neglected their duties and forcefully drove the company's wedge through this pilot group in a manner that will take a full generation to repair. In the meantime, what will the company now be able to get away with while we try to fix the damage caused by that MEC and NC?