Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
But what about that whole "80 for 80" push? Or the fact that the EGL has had contractual increases in their payrates over those 13 years?
The 80 for 80 was not an official union undertaking, it was an offshoot bunch of miscontents causing trouble... and the fact that it is still brought up to this day proves how effective even a few idiots can be.
Pay Raises? You are not trying to compare a full section six contract negotiation including payscales, with a 13 year old clause that required an anual 1.5% pay increase as a form of COLA are you? There was no negotiation of pay for them for the last 13 years. They got a fixed percentage, and it may not be 1.5% - I'm not sure what they got - it may also have been an increase based on industry average... but that is NOT pay negotiation in the sense we were discussing the RAH contract.
Nice try.
Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
Up until Easter 2006 a regional airline (Air Wisconsin) was already flying 100 seat aircraft (BAe 146-300). The ARW 2003 concessionary contract, which went into effect the same time as the CHQ 2003 contract, had B146 CA rates a couple percent BELOW the RAH 77-99 seat CA rate after the 3rd year of longevity (yes, the FO pay at ARW was substantially better).
Where was all the righteous indignation then???
Yep, had I known about it then, I'd be giving them crap too... actually, I think I do a fairly good job of giving most of the regional industry crap.