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Old 12-04-2017, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot View Post
The union nor company submit a proffer. The NMB does that and if either side says no then then you go to a cooling off period for 30 day followed by a strike or lockout.

Btw this time around the NMB is telling us to pound sand on any chance of being released because they think the company is being more than reasonable with their industry bottom offer. Attrition and recruitment are our main leverage at this point.

The company is also arguing that a full retro payment would be their entire profit for a year and it’s in no way possible. Never mind the retro could’ve been much smaller if they weren’t stalling at every turn. Even in the best negotiating environment in our careers the system is against us.

Get out! Don’t wait for Frontier to pay because indigo learned from mistakes last time how to now avoid a strike and still never pony up.
It is on the NMB to offer arbitration to both parties but either side can proactively petition the NMB to extend the offer.
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Old 12-04-2017, 10:45 AM
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It is on the NMB to offer arbitration to both parties but either side can proactively petition the NMB to extend the offer.
Good to know. It this point the NMB is basically another company representative. They eat out of the company’s hand. You want them to proffer arbitration so you can then say no and get to a cooling off period. They say GFYS, and ice for years because the Alaska/Virgin arbitration states pay is based on size of the carrier. You (Spirit) are smaller than that so you deserve bottom pay. It’s bananas!!!
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Gotcha, same to you. We are in this battle together.
Yeah, I was confused, too. Good luck to you guys! We all certainly deserve much, much more.
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Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot View Post
Good to know. It this point the NMB is basically another company representative. They eat out of the company’s hand. You want them to proffer arbitration so you can then say no and get to a cooling off period. They say GFYS, and ice for years because the Alaska/Virgin arbitration states pay is based on size of the carrier. You (Spirit) are smaller than that so you deserve bottom pay. It’s bananas!!!
I agree it’s BS how the NMB looks at things but understanding it is key to knowing the path forward. The nmb belives in economics of scale meaning lots of airframes charging high prices means higher pay for employees. In the case of Frontier and Spirit they have much lower base ticket rates and pay all employees lower. This is the whole premise of a ULCC. I’m not trying to be an ass but if you are sticking around hoping for the golden goose to lay its eggs at Spirit or Frontier you will be very disappointed. Stop talking and vote with your feet period.
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Originally Posted by Beans View Post
I agree it’s BS how the NMB looks at things but understanding it is key to knowing the path forward. The nmb belives in economics of scale meaning lots of airframes charging high prices means higher pay for employees. In the case of Frontier and Spirit they have much lower base ticket rates and pay all employees lower. This is the whole premise of a ULCC. I’m not trying to be an ass but if you are sticking around hoping for the golden goose to lay its eggs at Spirit or Frontier you will be very disappointed. Stop talking and vote with your feet period.
You must have missed the results of the vote, it was unanimous. Everyone thinks you should GFY, Beans.
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Old 12-05-2017, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Beans View Post
I agree it’s BS how the NMB looks at things but understanding it is key to knowing the path forward. The nmb belives in economics of scale meaning lots of airframes charging high prices means higher pay for employees. In the case of Frontier and Spirit they have much lower base ticket rates and pay all employees lower. This is the whole premise of a ULCC. I’m not trying to be an ass but if you are sticking around hoping for the golden goose to lay its eggs at Spirit or Frontier you will be very disappointed. Stop talking and vote with your feet period.
Frontier can't use your delusional premise when they buy jet fuel, rent gates, buy aircraft or pay pilots. I know you wish that would work with the pilots but it won't. We will wave to you from the street.
GFY Beans!

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Frontier can't use your delusional premise when they buy jet fuel, rent gates, buy aircraft or pay pilots. I know you wish that would work with the pilots but it won't. We will wave to you from the street.
GFY Beans!
His argument is complete and utter union busting vomit. Frontier affording a pilot contract has nothing to do with individual ticket price. It has everything to do with overall profitability of the entire operation. As anyone with a brain knows (not Beans), we more than make up for low ticket prices by cramming as many seats in the airplane as is legal, ancillary fees, as well as utilizing the aircraft around the clock! Beans, the vote was unanimous; GFY!
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Old 12-05-2017, 09:01 AM
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So riddle me this Beans, or anyone else who can answer this, in regard to the logic of the Alaska arbitration award and saying that wages are dictated by the size of the airline. Because I really think I might be missing something here. Let's assume Frontier has a CASM of 5 cents a mile and a RASM of 10. And Delta has a CASM of 10 and RASM of 15. The spread of both of them is 5. Doesn't that mean that the two pilot groups are bargaining from a similar economic position regardless of the size of the carrier?
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Originally Posted by Beans View Post
I agree it’s BS how the NMB looks at things but understanding it is key to knowing the path forward. The nmb belives in economics of scale meaning lots of airframes charging high prices means higher pay for employees. In the case of Frontier and Spirit they have much lower base ticket rates and pay all employees lower. This is the whole premise of a ULCC. I’m not trying to be an ass but if you are sticking around hoping for the golden goose to lay its eggs at Spirit or Frontier you will be very disappointed. Stop talking and vote with your feet period.
You are obviously a company lackey trying to lower the expectations of the Frontier and Spirit pilots. Please remember that per Frontier's SEC documents relating to the IPO, Barry Biffle's salary exceeds that of Southwest Airline's CEO.

So your statement that all employees of a ULCC must be paid less than their larger peers is simply not true.

Regarding executive salary, Frontier is on par with Southwest Airlines. Tell me why it shouldn't be the same with the pilots.
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Old 12-05-2017, 09:42 AM
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Also remember, there was a time not that long ago when the ULCC model did not exist. But there was a company with an LCC business model called Southwest Airlines.

Even though SWA was smaller than their legacy airline peers and charged a much lower ticket fee, they were able to pay their pilots a wage that exceeded their much larger traditional counterparts.

Beans, your logic is flawed.

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