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Old 02-24-2011 | 09:50 AM
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jayray2
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Originally Posted by Airsupport
oh come on mooney. you know who it is. once the contract passes we have the "dont blame me I voted no" crowd. they are the same people who voted yes but act like they voted no so they can be cool.
I have my voting receipt if you would like to see it. At the onset I thought it was a decent deal and I still do. However it still doesn't pay me and my co-workers what I think we are worth. I realize the negotiators may have got every cent out of the company but it still doesn't amount to much. Paying a new-hire $23,000 to live in New York on reserve, with 11 days off and no vacation is a bad deal. How can the company and Union justify this? No trip and duty rigs? Why the disparity between Majors and Regionals in per diem? We are staying in the same hotels, buying the same food in the same airports. 11 days off is not enough if you want to keep in tact any semblance of a family, especially when you are forced to commute to New York. The one compelling reason to vote in favor was the prevention of whipsawing, that was the one great thing in this contract. I'm not in High School and far removed from college, I don't need to be cool, I just want to pay my mortgage, be with my family and retire before 65.
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