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Old 02-28-2015 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Kellwolf
* If you bid or are assigned the 320. If you get stuck on the 190, you'll probably be able to hold it as soon as your equipment lock is up. If you want FLL or LGB, bid whatever base you can on the 320. If you want MCO, I think the 190 is still the fastest way to the base.



And see, this is what gets me on union and company emails. Both swap things around to suit their needs. I don't really give a rats what my "value" was as a new hire. What is included in that figure? Cause in CASH, I was paid $2500 a month before tax. I could eat the free BBQ the first night and then free breakfast and the occasional manager reception at the Staybridge. I'm assuming those are included in the "value" since my pay was not $3571. Was my room also included in the "value?" All I know is I was not paid $3571 a month, yet the union is making it sound that way to prove some point I'm not aware of.

In fact, it's spelled out in the PEA. "Initial Training Pay. The Pilot shall receiver $2500 per month plus lodging during the pilot's initial training." So, we've either got people writing e-mails thinking our PEA has been changed without our knowledge, the company changing the PEA without our knowledge (which is illegal at this point) or our union leaders are spinning the data to rile people up. My bet? It's the last one, which is EXACTLY what I didn't want to happen and why I was hesitant on voting "yes" to ALPA in the first place.

So, my bet is the new "value" is based on lower costs involved with moving people over to the lodge. Instead of free breakfast and a manager's reception at the hotel (or not if you get stuck at the LaQuinta), they're offsetting it with a meal voucher. Personally, I don't really know since neither the union or the company has revealed what is included in a new hire's "value" past the check that gets cut. New hires will still get $2500 a month and apparently $26/day as a meal voucher on top of that. So, in fact, guys are getting more than we used to, but damn if the union isn't trying to make it sound like we're getting less.

Read between the lines people. Don't just blindly accept what the company OR the union tell you in some e-mail. Now, if the company DOES kill the $6k bonus, that's gonna be a bad move. The point of that was to avoid another mass lawsuit by changing new hire pay like we had a few years back, but it was also to make up for the fact that the first year guys weren't getting a raise. It also doubles as a retention "don't bail to Delta, please!" check. That needs to stay.
Why don't you try reading the union email again? Strive for reading comprehension this time.
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Old 02-28-2015 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by rvr1800
I hate to be the bearer of bad news here but the average first year pay for United, American, Delta, Alaska, and Hawaiian is $53/hour.
Not sure where you get $53. Averaging those five airlines, even with Hawaiian's outlier rate, I get $60.60.

By airline size…
American - $78
DAL - $70
United - $66
SouthWest - $57
JetBlue - $49
Alaska - $53
Spirit - $38
Frontier - $37
Hawaiian - $36
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Old 02-28-2015 | 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Kellwolf
* If you bid or are assigned the 320. If you get stuck on the 190, you'll probably be able to hold it as soon as your equipment lock is up. If you want FLL or LGB, bid whatever base you can on the 320. If you want MCO, I think the 190 is still the fastest way to the base.



And see, this is what gets me on union and company emails. Both swap things around to suit their needs. I don't really give a rats what my "value" was as a new hire. What is included in that figure? Cause in CASH, I was paid $2500 a month before tax. I could eat the free BBQ the first night and then free breakfast and the occasional manager reception at the Staybridge. I'm assuming those are included in the "value" since my pay was not $3571. Was my room also included in the "value?" All I know is I was not paid $3571 a month, yet the union is making it sound that way to prove some point I'm not aware of.

In fact, it's spelled out in the PEA. "Initial Training Pay. The Pilot shall receiver $2500 per month plus lodging during the pilot's initial training." So, we've either got people writing e-mails thinking our PEA has been changed without our knowledge, the company changing the PEA without our knowledge (which is illegal at this point) or our union leaders are spinning the data to rile people up. My bet? It's the last one, which is EXACTLY what I didn't want to happen and why I was hesitant on voting "yes" to ALPA in the first place.

So, my bet is the new "value" is based on lower costs involved with moving people over to the lodge. Instead of free breakfast and a manager's reception at the hotel (or not if you get stuck at the LaQuinta), they're offsetting it with a meal voucher. Personally, I don't really know since neither the union or the company has revealed what is included in a new hire's "value" past the check that gets cut. New hires will still get $2500 a month and apparently $26/day as a meal voucher on top of that. So, in fact, guys are getting more than we used to, but damn if the union isn't trying to make it sound like we're getting less.

Read between the lines people. Don't just blindly accept what the company OR the union tell you in some e-mail. Now, if the company DOES kill the $6k bonus, that's gonna be a bad move. The point of that was to avoid another mass lawsuit by changing new hire pay like we had a few years back, but it was also to make up for the fact that the first year guys weren't getting a raise. It also doubles as a retention "don't bail to Delta, please!" check. That needs to stay.
Kellwolf maybe you need to read the email again. It says the pilots value for the 41 day training cycle is $3571. That's about what you get when you take $2500 PER MONTH and apply it to 41 days. You need to comprehend what you're reading before you come on here accusing the Union of being anything but 100% honest.
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Old 02-28-2015 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Flying Elvis
Not sure where you get $53. Averaging those five airlines, even with Hawaiian's outlier rate, I get $60.60.

By airline size…
American - $78
DAL - $70
United - $66
SouthWest - $57
JetBlue - $49
Alaska - $53
Spirit - $38
Frontier - $37
Hawaiian - $36
I only used the legacy pay scales posted on this website. They have American at $40. Is that not accurate?
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Old 02-28-2015 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Kellwolf
* If you bid or are assigned the 320. If you get stuck on the 190, you'll probably be able to hold it as soon as your equipment lock is up. If you want FLL or LGB, bid whatever base you can on the 320. If you want MCO, I think the 190 is still the fastest way to the base.



And see, this is what gets me on union and company emails. Both swap things around to suit their needs. I don't really give a rats what my "value" was as a new hire. What is included in that figure? Cause in CASH, I was paid $2500 a month before tax. I could eat the free BBQ the first night and then free breakfast and the occasional manager reception at the Staybridge. I'm assuming those are included in the "value" since my pay was not $3571. Was my room also included in the "value?" All I know is I was not paid $3571 a month, yet the union is making it sound that way to prove some point I'm not aware of.

In fact, it's spelled out in the PEA. "Initial Training Pay. The Pilot shall receiver $2500 per month plus lodging during the pilot's initial training." So, we've either got people writing e-mails thinking our PEA has been changed without our knowledge, the company changing the PEA without our knowledge (which is illegal at this point) or our union leaders are spinning the data to rile people up. My bet? It's the last one, which is EXACTLY what I didn't want to happen and why I was hesitant on voting "yes" to ALPA in the first place.

So, my bet is the new "value" is based on lower costs involved with moving people over to the lodge. Instead of free breakfast and a manager's reception at the hotel (or not if you get stuck at the LaQuinta), they're offsetting it with a meal voucher. Personally, I don't really know since neither the union or the company has revealed what is included in a new hire's "value" past the check that gets cut. New hires will still get $2500 a month and apparently $26/day as a meal voucher on top of that. So, in fact, guys are getting more than we used to, but damn if the union isn't trying to make it sound like we're getting less.

Read between the lines people. Don't just blindly accept what the company OR the union tell you in some e-mail. Now, if the company DOES kill the $6k bonus, that's gonna be a bad move. The point of that was to avoid another mass lawsuit by changing new hire pay like we had a few years back, but it was also to make up for the fact that the first year guys weren't getting a raise. It also doubles as a retention "don't bail to Delta, please!" check. That needs to stay.
Know for a fact that the $6000 bonus is gone. Straight from the union rep.
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Old 02-28-2015 | 09:29 AM
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I was told American is now 74...but I don't have proof to show it.

So is training pay 2500 a month then? I was already worried about the money before.
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Old 02-28-2015 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by DON*T HATE ERAU
Know for a fact that the $6000 bonus is gone. Straight from the union rep.
For guys hired this year?
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Old 02-28-2015 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by embraerjetpilot
I was told American is now 74...but I don't have proof to show it.

So is training pay 2500 a month then? I was already worried about the money before.
No it's ~2800 for 41 days at the schoolhouse. It's over $700 less. A $1000 food credit at the lodge is suppose to make up for that.
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Old 02-28-2015 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Sig178
No it's ~2800 for 41 days at the schoolhouse. It's over $700 less. A $1000 food credit at the lodge is suppose to make up for that.
Color me confused as well. If you spend 2 weeks at the school house, you get $1250 (35 hours). So if you spend 4, $1250 more, do they not pay if you take 6+? Why do people take breaks? Seems silly to take it unpaid since we know what training pay is (per month).

I don't know where the $3500 number comes in, I sure never saw that much.
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Old 02-28-2015 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by cencal83406
Color me confused as well. If you spend 2 weeks at the school house, you get $1250 (35 hours). So if you spend 4, $1250 more, do they not pay if you take 6+? Why do people take breaks? Seems silly to take it unpaid since we know what training pay is (per month).

I don't know where the $3500 number comes in, I sure never saw that much.
You don't have a choice to take a break or not. Either you get one or you don't. It's not like you can decide not to take the break. It's bid on using class seniority. Junior guys in the class get the scraps.
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