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GoJet Hiring and Retention Bonus Program (Effective June 1, 2018)

1. First Officer Hiring Bonus Program
a. Payments to all new hire First Officer’s hired on or after June 01, 2018:
1. $10,000 – Upon completion of IOE
2. $10,000 – Upon completion of 6 months active employment
3. $ 6,000 – Upon completion of 12 months active employment
4. $ 7,500 – Upon completion of 18 months active employment
5. $ 7,500 – Upon completion of 24 months active employment
6. $ 5,000 – Upon completion of 30 months active employment
7. $ 5,000 – Upon completion of 36 months active employment
b. First Officers will be paid an additional $5,000 experience match bonus during the first 90
days provided they are current and qualified at a scheduled air carrier.
c. Should a bonus eligible new-hire First Officer upgrade to Captain before the full payment is
received, no further payments shall be paid to such new-hire once they are qualified as a
Captain.
d. Hiring bonus payments will be paid on the next 15th of the month pay check after reaching the
above-mentioned benchmarks.
e. In the event of a suspension and/or termination of the program, any First Officers previously
offered a bonus under the terms of this program will receive the agreed upon payments in
accordance with the terms of the program described above but no new First Officers will be
added to the program as of the effective date of the suspension and/or termination.

2. Current First Officer Bonus Payments
a. First Officers on the seniority list as of May 31, 2018 AND hired between May 31, 2017 and May
31, 2018 shall receive the following bonus payments on top of the original new hire Bonus
incentives they were offered. There shall be no retroactive application of this offer and each
eligible first officer shall receive their first payment when they hit the first benchmark
identified below:
1. $ 7,500 upon completion of 18 months active employment
2. $ 7,500 upon completion of 24 months active employment
3. $ 5,000 upon completion of 30 months active employment
4. $ 5,000 upon completion of 36 months active employment
b. First Officers on the seniority list as of May 31, 2018 AND hired between June 01, 2016 and
May 31, 2017 shall receive the following bonus payments provided that the step has not yet
been surpassed:
1. $ 7,500 on October 15, 2018
2. $ 7,500 on January 15, 2019
3. $ 5,000 upon completion of 30 months active employment
4. $ 5,000 upon completion of 36 months active employment
c. First Officers on the seniority list as of May 31, 2018 AND hired between June 01, 2015 and
May 31, 2016 shall receive the following bonus payments:
1. $ 5,000 on October 15, 2018
2. $ 5,000 on January 15, 2019
d. Current First Officers on the seniority list as of May 31, 2018 AND hired prior to June 01, 2015
will receive retention bonus payments of:
1. $2,500 on October 15, 2018
2. $2,500 on January 15, 2019
e. Current First Officer Retention Bonus payments will be paid on the next 15th of the month pay
check. In order to receive payment, the eligible First Officer must be on active status for the
quarter preceding the bonus date.
f. Should a First Officer eligible for a bonus under this program upgrade to Captain before the
full payment is received, no further payments shall be paid to such First Officer once they are
qualified as a Captain.

3. Current Captain Retention Bonus
a. Current Captains on the seniority list as of June 1, 2018 and on active status as of December
31, 2018 will receive a retention bonus payment of $3,000, paid on January 15, 2019.
b. In order to receive payment, the eligible Captain must be on active status for the entire
quarter preceding the bonus payment date.

flydiamond

Why not just raise the rates? Hiring and retention bonuses are so 2017...

SEPfield

Wow GoJet, you never fail to disappoint. During a time of critical staffing, when other airlines are offering $45,000 for a street captain, the GoJet solution is a paltry $3,000. I'm sure such a hearty incentive will stop the exodus.

So to recap the GoJet "package"

you get intentional misinterpretation of the contract. such as 4hr min day at 150%, somehow still only pays 4hrs??

You get unilateral and non negotiated changes to the status quo of the contract. Bidding 2 days of reserve

You get lies claiming the FAA is forcing them to fail you on AQP events. Currently a grievance by the union

Oh and you get a Whole $3,000 bonus if you help them get through the busy summer and holiday flying

I'd say its pretty obvious the management at GoJet is maintaining visual with their own prostate.

SEPfield

Obviously raises are the answer, The company and the union met back in I think May to discuss raises and the company actually had the audacity to ask for concessions.

They union made the correct choice (imo) and walked away. Then the company unilaterally imposed the reserve bidding concession anyway.

Excargodog

Like it or not, we are in a period where there is an absence of well-qualified applicants for both FO and captain positions. That is ultimately going to force regionals who are unwilling - or unable - to satisfactorily compensate their pilots and compete for new hires to curtail peak time of year flying and eventually go out of business altogether. Regional managements who attempt to address this lack of applicants through smoke and mirrors or through depending on their qualified personnel to stick around because they have seniority they don't want to lose will be among the first to go out of business.

Right now many of them, like GoJet, seem to be in denial of this new reality. Before the end of summer I think many of the regional managements - the surviving ones anyway - will have had their eyes opened. This is no longer a problem that might bite them years down the road, it's a problem that will be biting them in a few weeks.

StlLifer

So, an FO in his 4th year now making 43 an hour credits 1000 for the year gets 43000 a year for 3 years is 129000, plus 5000 in bonuses total 134,000.

The pilot hired two years later, making 41,000 for 3 years is 123000. he gets $25,000 in bonuses totaling 164,000.

So, the guy hired 2 years after you makes 35000 more than you do.

The company is not allowed to pay pilots outside of the collective bargaining agreement.

Strenyakov

Don't pay me more, just take care of the guys hired after me!

I don't need the money, Gojet takes care of me.

Big Windy

If you're an RTP candidate, would the 26k for fixed wing training come out of the bonus, or would this be on top of it?

I feel like I already know the answer, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

Mundergun

It comes out of the initial 26k. Only plus is they take what you use from the backside bonus payments first.

SoFloFlyer

At least the first guy would have seniority and therefore a better QOL. Money can’t buy that