Originally Posted by
Blueskies21
I've talked to several guys and we think it's a nice step that we would get our longevity honored for pay at Pinnacle and colgan but we'd much rather have our contract honored. I would take either of your hourly rates with my contract before I'd take my hourly rate with your contract.... I guess I'm one of those guys that believes soft time/ contract provisions really are worth it. Not sure I can justify taking a paycut from my job now to be abused on reserve with no end in sight.
Agreed except for one point. Why not shoot for the best of both pay and work rules. None of the 3 airlines involved have such stellar contracts that compromises, subpar terms, and reductions should be even considered.
When it comes down to it, at a regional, your paycheck is going to suck. No matter what you negotiate your payrate to be, you'll still be getting paid less than you should and your takehome pay will be embarrassing (I'm not saying that its right though, its just how things are right now). So why not try to at least get a better quality of life and not feel like an indentured servant?