Originally Posted by
winglet
minimumwage4,
Ask yourself why you feel like you have to play by your management's rules. MAG pilots have been fighting .....
If you and your negotiators at your pilot group allow your management to use Mesa as an example then that is your choice. There will always be a bad contract to compare with. ......
Managements love pilots like yourself. You are a pawn playing in their game with their rules. Don't be a victim of whipsaw. Fight your own battle and support your fellow pilots in theirs.......
winglet
Winglet,
No disrespect or flame-bait intended, as I am thankful you keep us all informed with level headed news about MAG bk, BUT...
Don't you think it's difficult for ALPA at, say a ComAir or a Mesaba, to negotiate industry leading CBA's with the same management team (being wholly owned), when an outsourced carrier flying for the same mainline undercuts them? It's kinda' hard for the line pilot to, "support their fellow pilots" when he/she sees their aircraft parked and another DCI carrier occupying most of their gates.
While majors tout "One level of service", and ALPA "One level of safety", how about "One level of pay"? There is no reason ALPA carriers can't make it their mission to raise the bar by simply making it THE priority that if a contract is to be negotiatied, they take a look at what the industry will support, and use a benchmark "industry leading" contract. American Eagle, ExpressJet, ComAir, Mesaba, etc. could have a standard pay and work rules for every category of aircraft. No less!...I bet non-ALPA pilots would rush to certify ALPA...pipe-dream...maybe?