Originally Posted by
GhostRider22
This is exactly why so many union and management pilots have left in droves. They had a quick look under the hood and ran instead of walked to the door. I am afraid it may finally be time to give up on this place. Lots of 20 year plus guys are about to bail. Sadly, that is exactly what the most incompetent airline management team in history wants.
Agreed. Management wants the senior pilots to leave. We are the highest paid and biggest labor expense. They want turnover. The company wants pilots for 3 years, then leave. BL literally came into recurrent a few years back and said that.
Do legacy pilots get paid less because they have basic economy on their aircraft? No. The company's attempt to compare pay based on business model is just another veiled stall tactic. That's all the company wants, to stall and delay as long as they can. Every day we operate under this old contract is a day they save money on labor. The signing bonus will be a fraction of what we would have made with a new contract, so stalling is in the company's best interest. I've been saying contract 2030 for years. Every indicator says thats the path we are on.