Originally Posted by
seattlepilot
a lower pay might be attractive provided you are based in MKE/MCI again.. Commuting sucks, especially for individuals that were based home for many years of their major airline life.
Sure, there are ones that moved on to AirTran, JetBlue, VA, etc. etc. but if I was a MidEx captain that is based in PIE working for Allegiant or flying KingAirs in Iraq, I might be interested being based in MKE/MCI (ie home) and making 37/hr or even higher than that when we get this contract finalized. (According to our BA it will be Sept/Oct time frame)
I am not saying i am right, but that's my speculation..
given what i have seen and read about our negotiations i think that's extremely ambitious for a contract to be done. Also there's nothing about longevity pay for the YX guys. I hope they get it but knowing our management good luck. The ones that will come back are the 40-50 who got integrated in tier 2 who could hold a captain slot when the next upgrade comes around. Tier 4 retention rate will be around 10%.