Originally Posted by
fivebyfive
A big reason was first year pay being ~$38 per hour. Your union solved that problem for mgmt via LOA 4 in your current contract. Otherwise, first year pay would be ~$56 per hour as we speak. Lower than all regionals. That would at least give you some leverage going into this potential hiring spree.
I’ll disagree. We would still be getting the same applicants we are today. The union made a monetary gain outside sec 6 for our pilots. Here’s an idea, let’s lower our vacation accrual first year so next round nobody will want to come here to provide some leverage. That’s your logic. Lol.
FAPA actually did that. Took first year pay down to cal and amr. Went from 55 to 30ish per hr. Guess what. Pilots still applied and there was no issue filling classes. That tells me right there your assumed leverage doesn’t exist and that loa was a monetary gain.