Originally Posted by
johnso29
Agreed. JetBlue just got raises & they didn't even match our 320 rates, let alone exceed them. And have you seen what North American or Omni get paid to fly their jets? How about Kalitta, Atlas, World, Southern, Polar, or Evergreen?
We need to look beyond pay rates. I want rate raises too, but we need to work on rigs & work rules too.
But jetBlue guys can wear a GoT ... a huge plus. Maybe.
I think we need to fix reserve (make it predictable and fair) and create a company policy that gets commuters to work -- even though I'm not one. Doing so would mean that our "sickcall" rates would improve and we wouldn't need as many reserve pilots. But at the same time, I don't want money that could go into my pocket book to be used to pay for commuters. Unfortunately, I really think the feds are going to "fix" that area for us soon.
I am all for our company becoming leaner and more efficient with our pilots. I don't want to pay for people to sit at home and do nothing. Those days are over. You are costing all of us money to do that. I just came off a 85 day reserve stint where I did nothing ... absolutely nothing. That is ludicrous. I understand in the super premium wide bodies, reserves may not be used much, but in the narrow body when other bases are bleeding, it doesn't make sense for someone to be sitting at home.
Better pay, more efficient scheduling, fix reserve and commuting.