Originally Posted by STILL GROUNDED

To be honest none of us, RAH or Mesa have anything to do with the work we are handed. Its given to us in a crap sandwich and hopefully there is enough mayo to get it down.

Will our contract hurt Air Whiskey, no Air Whiskey will hurt air whiskey. Taxiing on 3 engines , Captains having sick outs because the schedule blows and your terrific contract doesn't protect it for you and.... not upsizing your fleet is what will hurt AirWhiskey. You guys think you have it by the stones with your pay rate and your deadhead pay. All I can say is have fun on that junior assignment and that hot reserve. I wouldn't know what that feels like. I am not bashing Air whiskey but that earlier comment was made as flame bait.

I make 40k as a second year fo bidding min sked. I haven't worked a weekend in months and never worked a holiday I didn't bid. And before you start, 40k sucks but that's what it is. Again, I had nothing to do with that. We are in the midst of contract negotiations and hopefully we can get that rate up. The previous blended FO pay was based on the Saab340's and the Erj 145 which is what we had on the flight line at the time. If I recall your last contract would of been based on the 5 apu engine BAE 146 and 50 seat crj's.

What we really need is one union and one contract to take work rules and pilot compensation out of the picture. How do we make that work? I have no idea but we must stop pitting against each other.