Originally Posted by
PapaMike
I'm not as familiar with is as I am what is in the proposed JCBA but I am aware the it is still a huge win for QOL and a much better compensation. Soft pay is a smoke and mirrors technique. 1 dollar an hour in compensation is worth a lot more than a couple hundred a year in soft pay. And with mesaba's contract, colgan stands to see 5-7 dollar an hour increases. No soft pay will possibly compare to that.
Wrong. You woulf be amazed how much money you can LOSE with weak soft pay language. There have been months where I have lost 10-12 hours due to cancellations, deadheads etc.
Originally Posted by
shimmydamp
Soft pay is hardly a smoke and mirrors technique. I would argue that payrates are all smoke and mirrors.
Colgan still stands to see significant pay increases in the range you spoke of ($5-7), so I'm not quite sure what you are up in arms about... other than MSA guys didn't want to take a paycut so we could see more of a payraise.
Exactly. You can have the best payrate in the industry but weak soft money language (cancellations, premium pay etc) and that payrate won't mean squat.