Originally Posted by
pjflyer
Get your facts straight before you spread more rumors. CHQ has in no way undercut XJT. I make the EXACT same amount of money as a CA at CHQ as I would at XJT. I have great benefits including good insurance and the best travel benefits of any airline in the system. My QOL as a JUNIOR CA commuting is not nearly as bad as I've heard from others at similar regionals. Let's not forget something VERY important. CHQ has put out better numbers (completion and on-time) than XJT every quarter since beginning the Continental Express flying. I have had NO maintenance cancellations and can only recall one delay of 15 minutes in over a year. There is no junior manning and we even get Christmas bonuses. Stop the hating!
I don't even think you realize what your missing out on. If you even think you have it marginally close to an industry leading contract your are crazy.
Let me spell out a few things for you.....
MX Cancellation pay
WX Cancellation pay
Min day pay
Duty Rigs
401K Matching up to 5%
Primary Vacation Trip touching....I didn't work the entire month f June and I'm not very senior at all
Day rooms with sits over 4:30...love seeing you guys chilling out in the crew rooms in LGA and PHL when were heading to the hotel during snow storms.
Primary pay for picking up open time....Time and a half for any flying on a day off
Primary pay for junior mans..yes we can be junior manned but we are payed accordingly.
BTW this is Air Wisconsin's contract strong points. Which is supposedly similar to ExpressJet's.
All of these things alone add up to several thousand dollars above my hourly pay rate every year. So go throw yours out there......Whatcha got?
Comparable pay rates? Under ExpressJet's normal contract CHQ pay isn't even close! In fact it averages two to three dollars less per hour. Your company wide F/O pay is RIDICULOUS! I make more money every year flying my little barbie jet than your F/O's on the 190! Your company is a joke! I wish your pilots would get a spine and do something for yourselves....you think you got it? You don't!
Our pilots suffer. They suffer for having integrity! You sit blindly in your ivory tower while your management laughs all the way to the bank.