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#9441
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 10,067
I've managed before and have no desire to do it again. Move along. Nothing to see here.
#9443
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Joined APC: Mar 2010
Position: Furloughed
Posts: 104
This is an easy NO vote for me. I planned to vote no before it was even released, and after reading it my stance didn't even come close to changing.
If you've learned anything over the last 10 years or so, you know that RL is one of the smartest in the industry, hands down. I think it's safe to say him and FO planned on this getting turned down pretty easily and have their 2nd offer that will be voted in, already in bullet points, and ready to hand over to our MEC/NC.
They need something signed by us asap, which is why they agreed to this extension so quickly.
Think about what the company has done this past year and how much $ they've put into building up TSA. How many positions have they created? Before all of this new flying was officially announced there were memos put out every couple of weeks for like 6 months saying, welcome Bill to the company, welcome Mike to the company, welcome Sarah to her new position... How much money will be coming their way by tripling the size of the company? How many hundreds of millions of dollars are these contracts worth? Everyone in the industry knows TSH doesn't take work on unless they know they will be profitable.
If you think RL and FO weren't planning on throwing us another couple of percent right away or that they can't afford it, i feel bad for you and your shortsightedness.
The lifers will be voting yes on this extension because they are scared we will be pricing ourselves out of business in a few years. Times are changing and all regional contracts are going up. Mainline is making more money than ever and will be able to dish out more money as the years go by. They need the feed.
I don't plan on being here much more than another year or two but I'm still voting no to get as much as I can, and help the industry get closer to what we deserve.
If for some reason I can't get out of TSA, I sure as hell don't want this extension being what we are stuck with for the next few years. And what if at the end of the extension we go into negotiations that take 4 years like the last contract? Do you want to be stuck with this contract extension for the next 7 years?
Easy no vote.
If you've learned anything over the last 10 years or so, you know that RL is one of the smartest in the industry, hands down. I think it's safe to say him and FO planned on this getting turned down pretty easily and have their 2nd offer that will be voted in, already in bullet points, and ready to hand over to our MEC/NC.
They need something signed by us asap, which is why they agreed to this extension so quickly.
Think about what the company has done this past year and how much $ they've put into building up TSA. How many positions have they created? Before all of this new flying was officially announced there were memos put out every couple of weeks for like 6 months saying, welcome Bill to the company, welcome Mike to the company, welcome Sarah to her new position... How much money will be coming their way by tripling the size of the company? How many hundreds of millions of dollars are these contracts worth? Everyone in the industry knows TSH doesn't take work on unless they know they will be profitable.
If you think RL and FO weren't planning on throwing us another couple of percent right away or that they can't afford it, i feel bad for you and your shortsightedness.
The lifers will be voting yes on this extension because they are scared we will be pricing ourselves out of business in a few years. Times are changing and all regional contracts are going up. Mainline is making more money than ever and will be able to dish out more money as the years go by. They need the feed.
I don't plan on being here much more than another year or two but I'm still voting no to get as much as I can, and help the industry get closer to what we deserve.
If for some reason I can't get out of TSA, I sure as hell don't want this extension being what we are stuck with for the next few years. And what if at the end of the extension we go into negotiations that take 4 years like the last contract? Do you want to be stuck with this contract extension for the next 7 years?
Easy no vote.
#9444
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2011
Position: Taco Rocket Operator
Posts: 2,485
Management's goal (and responsibility for that matter) is to get our services as cheap as they can. They aren't interested in 100% ratification. Just 50% plus one. This is contract negotiation 101. You don't vote for the first deal unless it is so good you just can't say no. As I said earlier, based on management statements about needing this ASAP I expected a better first offer, particularly in regard to a bonus. I didn't expect much on pay rates because our pay rates were already pretty good. But zero increases for Captains leaves a little to be desired. We'll see how this goes, and hopefully if it fails they can get their heads together and quickly come up with a deal the majority can support. I suspect they already have a backup offer in mind already if this fails.
#9445
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 51
Thank you for a reply I know you're capable of. At least you're a little closer to the fence now. Look, fuel is cheap and so is the 145 to operate. Our overhead is low right now with the amount of flying and the very junior pilot group. Hulas and his lawyers aren't losing any sleep over cash flow at TSA right now. And I'm willing to bet my left leg he has plans in place to have all of Holdings operate normally in the event of sudden death and a successor already lined up. This puts us, the labor group- the heart and life blood of this place, in a position to share in the good fortune and prove to our brothers and sisters it can be done. TSA had balls once and it went sour - real sour. The management team leveraged this company to get this additional flying and there's no way they'd turn their backs on us like they did a decade ago. I agree that we'll never see JB pay, but we could also turn this ship downwind and really do ourselves and the entire industry a favor. The regional model is dead and it's costing our peers flying and jobs. Let's make TSA THE place to work and put that MRJ language to use by proving to mainline we are worthy.
We need proper crew utilization and lines, not PBS. We need to set a new standard of pay that gets guys in the door and earning a livable wage while biding their time. This includes EVERYBODY on the list. No flow and a promise of a bigger airplane isn't going to get it done. We need happy crews. Crews that are happy to come to work, happy at work and happy at home on their days off. This has been lacking as of late. And threats of PBS implementation and negotiation strife from KS aren't helping.
We need proper crew utilization and lines, not PBS. We need to set a new standard of pay that gets guys in the door and earning a livable wage while biding their time. This includes EVERYBODY on the list. No flow and a promise of a bigger airplane isn't going to get it done. We need happy crews. Crews that are happy to come to work, happy at work and happy at home on their days off. This has been lacking as of late. And threats of PBS implementation and negotiation strife from KS aren't helping.
#9446
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Joined APC: Oct 2011
Position: Taco Rocket Operator
Posts: 2,485
News on the MRJ front. First flight in October...
Japan Aims to Crack the Aviation Market With Its First New Passenger Plane in Four Decades - Bloomberg Business
Japan Aims to Crack the Aviation Market With Its First New Passenger Plane in Four Decades - Bloomberg Business
#9447
No min day, no trip/duty rig, no significant reserve improvements (unless you consider a whopping 2 hours less of AR to be worthy even though we only get paid for 5), still no commuter hotels, weak bonus/retention pay/attendance pay language, no significant pay raises for the bulk of the pilot group, no significant quality of life gains and a bunch of language for an airplane that has yet to defy gravity and is too heavy for any of the mainline scope clauses as they read today.
I can't vote but I strongly urge those who can to vote no. We do not have an industry leading contract. Until we have language, pay rates and work rules on par with Air Wisconsin, ExpressJet and/or SkyWest we won't. It's industry average, at best. We are on the back side of the growth, without a competitive package to offer potential new hires and an ever dwindling supply of pilots willing to come to the regionals all together, never mind even consider Trans States specifically. Everyone offers bonuses now. Starting pay is $30/hr at both SkyWest and Commutair. One of those two offers commuter hotels. We can do better. I don't care if we are a "cheap" regional, that should not be the concern of our pilot group or our negotiating committee. Our focus should be getting as many gains in writing as we possibly can. The company will take care of themselves.
I can't vote but I strongly urge those who can to vote no. We do not have an industry leading contract. Until we have language, pay rates and work rules on par with Air Wisconsin, ExpressJet and/or SkyWest we won't. It's industry average, at best. We are on the back side of the growth, without a competitive package to offer potential new hires and an ever dwindling supply of pilots willing to come to the regionals all together, never mind even consider Trans States specifically. Everyone offers bonuses now. Starting pay is $30/hr at both SkyWest and Commutair. One of those two offers commuter hotels. We can do better. I don't care if we are a "cheap" regional, that should not be the concern of our pilot group or our negotiating committee. Our focus should be getting as many gains in writing as we possibly can. The company will take care of themselves.
#9448
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Joined APC: Feb 2014
Posts: 101
How many pilots are you getting to apply currently?
#9449
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 10,067
No min day, no trip/duty rig, no significant reserve improvements (unless you consider a whopping 2 hours less of AR to be worthy even though we only get paid for 5), still no commuter hotels, weak bonus/retention pay/attendance pay language, no significant pay raises for the bulk of the pilot group, no significant quality of life gains and a bunch of language for an airplane that has yet to defy gravity and is too heavy for any of the mainline scope clauses as they read today.
I can't vote but I strongly urge those who can to vote no. We do not have an industry leading contract. Until we have language, pay rates and work rules on par with Air Wisconsin, ExpressJet and/or SkyWest we won't. It's industry average, at best. We are on the back side of the growth, without a competitive package to offer potential new hires and an ever dwindling supply of pilots willing to come to the regionals all together, never mind even consider Trans States specifically. Everyone offers bonuses now. Starting pay is $30/hr at both SkyWest and Commutair. One of those two offers commuter hotels. We can do better. I don't care if we are a "cheap" regional, that should not be the concern of our pilot group or our negotiating committee. Our focus should be getting as many gains in writing as we possibly can. The company will take care of themselves.
I can't vote but I strongly urge those who can to vote no. We do not have an industry leading contract. Until we have language, pay rates and work rules on par with Air Wisconsin, ExpressJet and/or SkyWest we won't. It's industry average, at best. We are on the back side of the growth, without a competitive package to offer potential new hires and an ever dwindling supply of pilots willing to come to the regionals all together, never mind even consider Trans States specifically. Everyone offers bonuses now. Starting pay is $30/hr at both SkyWest and Commutair. One of those two offers commuter hotels. We can do better. I don't care if we are a "cheap" regional, that should not be the concern of our pilot group or our negotiating committee. Our focus should be getting as many gains in writing as we possibly can. The company will take care of themselves.
#9450
Without a min day, trip/duty rig, significant reserve improvements, the addition of commuter hotels and stronger and more clear cut language in our current contract we aren't leading or nearly leading anything. We're average at best. We can do better.
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