Thread: Poker, the 777, and our paychecks
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Old 01-01-2009, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBaron View Post
My point about congress is that they reflect (somewhat) the feelings of their constituents. Airline pilots are still (incorrectly, granted) thought of as overpaid. If we "take a stand" against the company on this, it will go to arbitration and I can pretty much guarantee we won't be getting any sympathy. What would you suggest we give up now to get the pay rates you would like to see for the 777. The company has already seen that at least 250 members of our group are happy to fly the plane for nothing. After all, it doesn't have a pay rate.

So let it go to arbitration and be given a WB rate. What does the company now need to fully utilize the 777 capabilities? They need the work rule changes that we have with the 380. Guess what? No arbitration for that! Pay or run it like a big 11!

We have something they need in work rules. They have something we want in pay rates....
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