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Originally Posted by BSOuthisplace
I can't imagine PSA's TA being significantly better than PDT's. During the roadshows our NC was saying ours is by far better than PSA's, but they sugar coat everything about the TA. I know that between our two current contracts PDT's is better or equal in almost every regard except payscales, but you guys are flying 70 seat RJs so they should be better at PSA.
I was reading on PSA's thread about you all getting excited about a 3.5 hour MMD. At PDT we have always had a 4 hour MMD.
Unplanned swap into the last leg causing you to arrive back in base even a minute late? That's 2.5 hours of pay at PDT.
I think you were talking about vacation when you said trip touch, and yea its pretty good for the industry. At PDT we can place our VAC days startegically and any trip touched by vacation drops off. For hard line holders it's not unheard of to have 18-20 days off with a single slot.
I believe at PDT, even with the new TA we will still pay less for health insurance.
Our signing bonus is 6% of our box 1 W2. What's yours? I had heard significantly less.
The new TA has much improved reserve pay protections. For example, I'm assigned a 2 day worth 10 hours. They end up canceling my first leg deadhead for MX or WX and have another reserve fly the trip. With the TA I'm now pay protected all 10 hours of that 2 day.
Is there anything in PSA's contract that you think is much better than PDT's?
Is there some sort of pi**ing contast going on I was not aware of? Yes, PDT has always had better work rules than PSA. Anyone who says otherwise just doesn't know the facts. There are many improvements in the new PSA T/A over our current book. This is what I wanted to see:
* FO pay go up.....it has
* Rsv work rules.....they have. Infact I'm surprised with some of the stuff they got there.
* Min day....fell short of my expectations
* Health insurance.....not going up
* retirement......staying the same, which is good.
* 75 hours rsv guarantee and 11 days off......thats a raise for all rsv pilots.
* DH pay 75%......fell short of my expectations.
* JR man.....4 hours min at 175%
* Transparency......trip trades auto approved, Schedule adjustment period.
* 3rd week vacation now at year 7.
Is this a perfect TA? NO. As a soon to be rsv CA though, I'm going to vote yes.