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Old 09-14-2008 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by mav204
I think that reminding the RAH guys that they NEED better work rules and pay rates is productive!
I know that my contract isn't perfect, but it at least it pays me for what I fly! And I WILL NOT take concessions to fly a bigger aircraft
Um, the problem is our contract does pay us for what we fly. trip rigs, duty rigs, and cancellation pay fall under the category of getting paid while not flying. We only get paid to fly (and deadhead). And I still fail to see how our current 70 and 78 seat pay scales are at all concessionary, considering they were an improvement over our previous contract, and they are on par with or better than nearly every regional. No pay cuts were enacted to get the larger aircraft on property (they were not on property at the time of contract signing), and pay rates on all aircraft went up at contract signing. There are no talks of pay concessions during current negotiations, no dangling carrot of larger aircraft from management, and no pressure from management to give concessions during the current financial woes of our industry.
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