Originally Posted by
FDXLAG
OK well I change my vote to 3% in the left seat and 1% in the right seat. Again speculation. So you say without a loa they will have to pay German and American taxes but everyone will charge over there. I say Got war mit. An 8 year WB Capt would probably take home 8 year FO pay (under your dual tax claim) and it will only get worse as more and more tax cuts for the "rich" are eliminate, but not my problem.
Again it comes down to leverage you say it aint much I say it is all we have. Alls that we do know is the MEC and the company agreed to this loa a long time ago. However the MEC recognized that we had some leverage and demanded changes. Not the right ones IMHO and not enough. But we have leverage and we used it.
What dual tax claim? All I said is that if the company opens CGN without the TA, then there wouldn't be tax equalization (this should make some on APC who think it is terrible happy) because it is not in the current contract. I also don't think someone who has held WB captain for 8 years would bid the 757 in CGN. Didn't you say that a junior FO "might do ok" in CGN without tax equalization? Why wouldn't a captain? I don't know how the german tax system works. Since you seem to have a grasp on it, what would the take home be for both an FO and CAP if they averaged 75 hrs and 91 hrs in 4 and 5 week bid months respectively if they bid CGN without tax equalization? Also, what does "Got war mit" mean?