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Old 04-23-2010, 12:09 PM
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Sorry, but you have no Avatar. Just courious, what does "throw up a strawman" mean?
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Old 04-23-2010, 12:12 PM
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So can we say Airbus pilots are overpaid with busdrivr logic or would we have to say MD-11 pilots are underpaid?
MD-11 pilots are most definitely underpaid,
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I see you don't have anything better to do today. Just like me.
4A2B is killing me.
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Old 04-23-2010, 01:18 PM
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Actually I am busy as heck driving from one store to the next where I say yes dear I'll wait in the car. The hazards of 2 days before a weeklong pairing.
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Maybe we should pay all of our pilot's the same rate...Regardless of what aircraft or seat they sit in. That way, even more of our pilots would be financially better off.
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Maybe we should pay all of our pilot's the same rate...Regardless of what aircraft or seat they sit in. That way, even more of our pilots would be financially better off.
Nope that would be socialism. I prefer the system we have now where 50% +1 in the union decide how much I make and 50% + 1 in the electorate determine how much they get of how much I make.

No logic required that way.
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Forgive me, but I really don't know much about pay at UPS except the one payscale. I came from the pax side, and obviously more familar/comfortable with it. I would think one reason they have it is to save training cost, reduce people going after pay. I have heard that the most senior plane there was the 727 (assume it is now the bus or 75) and the most junior being the 747.

Just looking at it from the outside, I would think it would take a hit on your quality of life, as there would be little movement. Is that true? I know retirements would make movement, and guys looking for a change would too, but it seems like it would be slow. Is that true, or is there something I am missing.

I just don't see a reason why I would want us to switch, if that ever became an option. Not knocking the UPS pay in anyway, just a lack of knowledge on my part.
No reason for you to switch. Brown drivers don't have to think about pay as a bidding issue. If seniority allows the choice, the focus is on scheduling desires and where one lives tends to drive the bid IMO.
All of us boil like frogs in our own kettles as the temperature heats up. <g>
Just like Preferential Bidding Systems. They become homegrown and difficult to compare between companies because of all the quality of life contractual items tied to the schedule vis a vis the rest of the contract.
In my case, hope we all can get good QOL, and best pay regardless of fleet. With the 8's and 72's gone, only the 757 is a NB.

Wish both unions could get along to drive mutually agreed anchor points in negotiations to leverage a better position for our respective contracts to improve quality of life and pay. After all, we share same backgrounds, same business, same concerns, etc. Should be easy...........
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Old 04-24-2010, 07:51 AM
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Wish both unions could get along to drive mutually agreed anchor points in negotiations to leverage a better position for our respective contracts to improve quality of life and pay. After all, we share same backgrounds, same business, same concerns, etc. Should be easy...........
We all should wish that something so simple to hear, would be as simple to do in real life. We have to get together with ourselves here at Purple first.
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No reason for you to switch. Brown drivers don't have to think about pay as a bidding issue. If seniority allows the choice, the focus is on scheduling desires and where one lives tends to drive the bid IMO.
All of us boil like frogs in our own kettles as the temperature heats up. <g>
Just like Preferential Bidding Systems. They become homegrown and difficult to compare between companies because of all the quality of life contractual items tied to the schedule vis a vis the rest of the contract.
In my case, hope we all can get good QOL, and best pay regardless of fleet. With the 8's and 72's gone, only the 757 is a NB.

Wish both unions could get along to drive mutually agreed anchor points in negotiations to leverage a better position for our respective contracts to improve quality of life and pay. After all, we share same backgrounds, same business, same concerns, etc. Should be easy...........

Well said and thanks for the info!
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