Anyone heard what the new numbers are supposed to be for this new bid? Anyone like to speculate?

 

We have more FO’s quitting than Captains, if I had take a wild guess I would say 15. ALPA webcast tonight at 20:00 eastern will address some of the staffing issues.

 

Anyone have any info from the webcast?

 

SkyWest got raises, ASA got raises, Chitaqua bought two major airlines, Mesaba got two raises, Pinnacle got raises, and Comair pilots are just too expensive?

 

I quit back in Jan couldn't be happier flying a smaller airplane making more money and have a bunch of bases to choose from. I am so happy not to be in alpa anymore.

 

Yeah I'm guessing too many FO quitting. Lots of FO's being used more and more on reserve and breaking guarantee or so it seems.

 

What flavor Kool-Aide is Skywest serving these days?

 

Good luck to everyone at Comair...although im not a pilot, i still check out the board here for information, and to see it from the other side. After 6.5 years its time for me to move on, just dont trust this place and it future anymore.

 

Did anyone else not get their longevity restored today?

For some reason I'm still at year seven pay. I guess since the pay freeze was six years long (instead of the two we agreed to) it will take a while to "thaw out"?

Besides, when the contract clearly states "March 1, 2011" that's the same as saying "whenever payroll gets around to it, maybe sometime in 2011"

And payroll is usually right on top of these things, like with our 401k matching and 70/90 blended rates...

 

I suspect it's another "We'll correct it on the 15th of next month because we won't finish paying everyone for February until the 15th of March, and we're too ________ (busy, understaffed, unmotivated, incompetent) to set the correct rate for this pay period, then change it again for the March 15th payroll, then change it again for the April 1st payroll."

"Even though that is what we agreed to do, and we've had five years to figure out how to honor our agreement."

P.S. Thanks to those who expressed appreciation for my previous post. I don't like writing things like that. I'd much prefer working for a cause that didn't require me to write like that. I wonder what it would be like to work for a company that had great leadership, some semblance of control over its destiny, and a bright future? It's been so long, I've forgotten what that was like.