Originally Posted by
BALZAHARI
{QUOTE}What are you smoking? Congrats! Your 2007 70 seat rate be, oh, still lower than the ASA rate from 1998. You seem to be so good with #'s, but that rate is 8 years old.
Yes Comair is having a hard time right now, maybe we should use Horizon, but they put us all to shame with their pay rates.
Damn Smokey that's Funny! YES, I do know that their current TA was agreed to in 1998. But what I don't know is how ASA could have had a pay scale 8 years ago for an aircraft they did have until March of 2002. Using my fingers I was about to count and I figure that was about 4 1/2 years ago. So what you actually mean is that they negotiated an amendment to their 98 TA for the 70 in 02. That must be nice, we at SKW didn't want to fly our 70's for 50 seat pay, Mgmnt made us.
Eagle got their first in 01 and Horizon in mid 02.
Plus, I over night quite often with Horizon pilots and even they know that their next TA will have concessions. Seeing that they lost the F9 flying and Alaska operating cost are still too high.
Puff, Puff, give Smokey.