I wonder if this dude regrets getting drunk and admitting he works for the other side of negotiations.

Plenty are hating on pilots picking up premium. If we could stay out of premium the company would be in a world of hurt. It’s sad how many pick it up.

NEW HIRES BEWARE! Go to another carrier.examples of why…

Newhire DOH pay still offset and still no 401k company contributions(below Ind Std)

No 401k DC % increase

No sick time increase(remain below Alaska and Delta...and possibly United if they increase sick time)

No increase to vacation credit. Alaska has higher credit than we do.

No increased vacation credit until year 2026, at earliest. Alaska's TA has 5 hrs credit right away.

LTD, which is significantly improved, will still be below United, jetBlue, Delta, Alaska and others. Even the highlights don't meet industry standard.

RO will be even worse. The new RO will save the company 150 million dollars, at the expense of us pilots. We will fly more, and give the company more options to fit flying on our schedule that runs 5 hours beyond the footprint of our original trip.

6 hour airport standby during some IROPS RO events.

No gains to commuting, non-rev travel, or discounted travel. We still are not weight or bump protected from company jumpseats.

RAS implementation, likely acceleraterated. Will ruin QOL for all reserves. Proffering and seniority will be much more limited or not applicable at all, in many cases.

TTS still under total company control. Trip trading platform lockdowns will become the new normal....effectively destroying QOL and flexibility for lineholders.

Bottom of industry 321 pay, and even worse 321neo pay. Aircraft still in groups, which is a significant win for the company.

Variable premium that means we will never get 100% like Delta.

No increase to international pay mentioned. No redeye pay.

All this for a 1st year pay package that will still be less than Alaska pilots' TA.

More concessions to come from a VERY WEAK UNION! Who only care about themselves (if they even care at all) Bunch of *****es gumming for management positions that most won’t even see!

I guess you are new in the industry. SWA and Frontier attempted a merger however SWA management gave the SW pilots a veto on the merger if the Frontier pilots would not accept the SWAPA integration proposal. I am glad you have a solid relationship with management and they would allow you to terminate a merger.

In a written statement, Southwest Chairman, President and CEO Gary Kelly called the potential Frontier deal “a great opportunity that required us to act fast. A lot of people worked very hard with every intention of making this work.”

But in making its bid Southwest insisted that pilots agree first on how they would integrate their so-called seniority list, the ranking that determines pilot scheduling and layoff order.

Not new, 121 since 2007. Southwest put a bid to acquire Frontier, which never happened, hence my comment.

I happen to agree with you. Some don't see it that way.

I am hating on pilots picking up premium. Pilots like ny797 weaken our position. Hopefully he/she is old and nearly retired.

I’d place pilots blindly following CCI, not enforcing contractual notification, accepting non-contractual reassignments and added flying, extending, doing everyone else’s job/forward leaning/mission hacking, applying to become CKA, seat filling sims, not knowing/using the commuter policy, using BizHero for work-related reasons during IROPS, etc ahead of dropping one’s entire schedule and becoming a way more expensive, premium-picking-up employee in terms of getting us closer to a contract.

But we can’t even get our clueless mission hackers to enforce the contract we have, so here we are.

AA will spend money all day and twice on Sunday, on short term fixes like splashing out for premium pick ups and be thankful you did. That’s totally welcomed and fine by them. Just look at what they are doing with the WO by throwing cash for short term problems. However, AA absolutely does care if flights get cancelled due to lack of staffing.


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50.3% of AA pilot membership has voted, that’s 7520 pilots. Everyone who’s already taken survey please text the link to 3 of your friends and tell them so do the same. We can get this number higher.