And that my friend is exactly the mentality the company wants you to have.

That is EXACTLY the Race To The Bottom mentality.

 

Geezzus whats next flying a 737 for regional pay come on people grow a pair

 

You see this is what im talking about...i knew you guys were gonna back me up at some point...hahaha. you got my support man....you deserve more....we all do!

 

I don't want to come off the wrong way but you’re getting caught up in an hourly rate. You seem to be forgetting your newly acquired quarantines and trip rig. I don't think you quite understand what this is going to do for you guys. Due to the guarantees the average pilot at SKW gets paid about 150-200 hours more than they block. YTD I've only blocked 689 hours but I've been paid for 1037. By the end of the year I'll be around 1250 on less than 850 hours of block. Compare that to your Block/Credit?

So if your newly acquired guarantees add 150 hours to your pay then that's a 15% raise dependent on your block. You're not seeing this but you'll feel it! When you look back over your year and compare it to what you would have been paid under your old contract, you'll be amazed. You'll see one of two scenarios, either less block for the same pay or the same block for 15+% more pay. Either way you win!

So many pilots get caught up in the hourly rate and forget about its foundation. Guarantees & rigs are far more important than additional $2-3 an hour.

2nd Yr CR7 FO:

$2 more an hr on a 1000 hr yr. = $2000 MAX!

150 hrs of pay @ $37/hr = $5550 Variable!

4th Yr CA CR2:

$2 more an hr on a 1000 hr yr = $2000 MAX!
$4 more an hr on a 1000 hr yr = $4000 MAX!

150 hrs of pay @ $62 (?) = $9300 Variable!

My first full year on line I flew 989 hours and was paid for 1216 hours, yes it should have been more becuase 1st year pay is BS. I know several 3 & 4 year CA here at SKW that are making close $80K+ because they know how to work the system.

Do the math after 6 months and you'll see just how big of a raise you've just received! It's called a solid pay foundation.

 

Well said. Thanks for pointing that out. Many ASA pilots are failing to see this!

 

Nice break out JetJock, thanks.

 

All aspects of the contract considered, it truly beats most out there.

 

Then quit hiring entry level people.

 

No not most! You'd be hard pressed to find a pilot group with a better contract, I guarantee your W2's are the highest in the industry next year. Yes some areas but over all, ASA got the ball.

Lets get in the game SKW! Lets go RAH, AWAC and MAG!

 

Please educate me about "quarantines". If you mean guarantee, then tell me what our new minimum monthly guarantee is in the TA. P.S. I already know the answer. It's exactly the same: 75.00 hours/ month. The rig does very little in that you get paid 1 hour of block for every 2 hours of duty, i.e. 6 hours of block on a 12 hour duty day. Most of our existing block/ duty ratios are already this way. I want a good guarantee AND rig AND hourly pay. We are being offered none of these. I am trying to raise the bar for ASA and the industry and I would appreciate if you all would do the same. Even if you like the TA, vote no, and they will improve it even more.