Originally Posted by
300ER Hauler
The company has apparently come asking for direct pay freezes and pension freezes as it has done company wide with non-union employees. As far as the charter ops, I don't know enough to speak on this. My assumption is that the margins are thin and that the cycles and wear and tear on the airplanes are worth the contracts offered. How profitable are some of these contracts, does anyone know?
In the past, I might have agreed with your post. Your logic is a bit flawed however when you take into consideration that the CEO has not shared the pain that other non-union groups have endured. Not only has he not endured a pay cut or benefit freeze, he actually got a very hefty pay raise. This demonstrates poor leadership at best but in any case, not a smart move in this circumstance. If you think the pilot group is bitter, imagine how the CEO's pay raise sits with other non-union employee groups. Talk about discontent! Secondly, as mentioned earlier by others in this thread, while the IPA was forced to wait for the contract amendable date and then negotiate for years to get the same or less pay raise that non union employees got without the wait only serves to cement the notion that IPA pilots are not welcome or appreciated around here. I came here 21 years ago with strong anti-union beliefs. UPS changed all of that, rather quickly I might add.