Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I voted yes, but it was a hard call to make. I found it unlikely that alpa would anything for SKW, but I was willing to roll the dice and see if that large of a pilot group might lend some weight to the national picture. Alpa has issues and I'm not afraid to call them out...especially after my experiences at alpa's regional "poster child".
Yep, they sure do.
By that statement "poster chhild", who do you mean? It changes pretty quick. For a while it was ACA, then COMAIR, then AWAC, then XJT.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
No, SKW does not raise the bar on payscales, they shoot for better-than-average. Of course the pilots have no say in this, they just conduct those votes to keep people from whining about "imposed" pay rates. But the company does offer some other tangible and intangible benefits...the whole package taken together is not bad, relative to this industry.
To be clear Rick, is it the pilots that "shoot for better than-than-average"? Or does management get to set them, and the pilots have little or no say? If the pilots have a say I think the the 70/90 seat rate would be better.
Don't forget, SKW pilots have never had to really negotiate anything. They have been able to ride the coattails of the unionized pilot groups to get their "average".