Originally Posted by
cptmurf
Guess we forgot about TransStates, PSA, Lynx, Great Lakes, GoJet, Commutair, Colgan, and Republic there somehow. (per APC) Didn't we?
With that being said I am interested in getting the rates brought up. Because after 5 years of reserve, 2 downgrades and being a 7 year FO (not by choice) myself, I can appreciate the position you are in.
Lowering our CA pay will not help Pinnacle or any other airlines negotiations. Period.
I was mainly referring to the DCI carriers because that is what the Union email referred to but no I did not forget about the other carriers. This whole idea came out of the DCI meeting. If you are going to bring these other carriers into the discussion, then you have to start looking at the CA pay at those carriers. Where do the 76 seater rates compare with XJ?
I do not agree with this notion that the hard fought CA wages were won in negotaitions and once given away will never be won back. It is one piece of pie split between two pilots. The piece of pie is not getting smaller, it is getting cut different. In future negotiations pilots will have to negotiate for a bigger pie but the starting point is still the same, X amount of dollars between two pilots. Once again for the record, if I get to vote on this I will wait to make a decision until after the Union has presented the pros and cons of this proposal.