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Originally Posted by GoodJet
I was at work TAFB for 315 hours for January. More for March. For January it was an average of 10.5 hours at work. Every day of the month. I can't trade, I can't drop and I don't get the lines I'd like to fly or days off. In April I will have been an FO at AS for over 5 years. I also haven't been paid correctly without a 5-10 hour investment in my time to correct my pay. Every month since December. My Rainmaker notes are ignored. My emails to Payroll are ignored. Thankfully I am getting some help from the Payroll Committee.
It is too bad that so many young pilots who were likely good hires for AS have left. I don't believe that pay rates are the issue. The real issue is that management has a culture of abusing pilots that they have grown accustomed to. This is evident daily in my experience and many other pilots experience. As long as management does not attempt to correct the culture of abusing and mistreating pilots, attrition will remain a problem despite even better pay rates than you seem to tout here regularly. Pilots need to be paid correctly, which is a basic legal requirement. They also need to be treated like professionals without belittlement or abuse.
20+ years here at AS, hasn’t been perfect… but honest reflection, it’s been pretty good. In those years, I have rarely had payroll issues. When I have, they have always been corrected. Rainmaker for me has been a great tool, payroll has always been quick to correct, with little or no effort by me. You are obviously not the only one with payroll issues though, we had two chain letters over the weekend that validate some struggles out there. At five years in the right seat, I would think you would be holding trips you like… that would be frustrating considering the growth we have had recently. I have friends that are your contemporaries here in SEA and they honestly are pretty happy with the lines they hold. Scheduling flexibility needs to change now! I don’t want you to leave, I want you here, I want you happy, I do wonder with the wrong perspective that is impossible for some. Honestly, Alaska Airlines has treated me unbelievably well, times I am almost embarrassed how well, how accommodating they have been… I realize this is only my own personal experience though.
The bid that just posted is the bid no buddy wanted. Pilots didn’t want it, neither did management. I am confident it will frustrate many. It is the direct result of an unsustainable attrition rate.
05-13-2024
