Originally Posted by
Blueskies21
I'm sorry if it seems like I misunderstand, I don't. We would get 2nd year Pinnacle pay NOT 2nd year Mesaba pay, I understand that completely believe me. What I'm saying is, given the choice of keeping longevity for pay or keeping contract provisions I'd keep the contract 10 times out of ten. But I guess since you brought it up, I'd rather have Mesaba pay rates with your contract too. It's nice that they will let us have 2nd or 3rd year pay,that's 200% more than I would expect... but lets shoot for the moon here. As pilots we've done plenty of settling for good enough.
We ensured that there would be no penalty for bypass. We need pilots at 9E and the MEC's have made every effort and opportunity to get furloughs back to flying. What else would you like? The ALPA National "one list" camp has worked for decades for portable longevity and this is the first time it has ever come about into something to get guys back into a cockpit without hurting any pilot's current seat/seniority/pay/benefits. What will unfold is still speculation, but this entire MOU is being worked to keep the pilots that are now our brothers and sisters in mind. The company is going to have to hire either way and would get the luxury of filling classes on an 11 year old contract at first year pay... Instead they will pay you for time worked before you were under the "umbrella". If you don't want to come here, fine, but please don't start the "moon routine" when guys are fighting the flak to get you aboard when times are rough.