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#3562
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Management does a great job of attempting to make profit sharing part of our pay, when in reality it is just another piece of our contract. Just like vacation or medical or trip rig.
All of the sudden we have something that benefits the pilots and they want to reduce it.
I am perfectly willing to give up profit sharing. "Pay" in exchange for a 60% FAE defined benefit retirement, a 75 hour hard cap and a return to paper line bidding with 7 weeks of trips touching vacation.
Whoa! Managment doesn't want to talk about those items.
Letting them cherry pick our PWA to self fund is not only unacceptable, it is reprehensible.
All of the sudden we have something that benefits the pilots and they want to reduce it.
I am perfectly willing to give up profit sharing. "Pay" in exchange for a 60% FAE defined benefit retirement, a 75 hour hard cap and a return to paper line bidding with 7 weeks of trips touching vacation.
Whoa! Managment doesn't want to talk about those items.
Letting them cherry pick our PWA to self fund is not only unacceptable, it is reprehensible.
#3563
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,599
Management does a great job of attempting to make profit sharing part of our pay, when in reality it is just another piece of our contract. Just like vacation or medical or trip rig.
All of the sudden we have something that benefits the pilots and they want to reduce it.
I am perfectly willing to give up profit sharing. "Pay" in exchange for a 60% FAE defined benefit retirement, a 75 hour hard cap and a return to paper line bidding with 7 weeks of trips touching vacation.
Whoa! Managment doesn't want to talk about those items.
Letting them cherry pick our PWA to self fund is not only unacceptable, it is reprehensible.
All of the sudden we have something that benefits the pilots and they want to reduce it.
I am perfectly willing to give up profit sharing. "Pay" in exchange for a 60% FAE defined benefit retirement, a 75 hour hard cap and a return to paper line bidding with 7 weeks of trips touching vacation.
Whoa! Managment doesn't want to talk about those items.
Letting them cherry pick our PWA to self fund is not only unacceptable, it is reprehensible.
#3564
Straight QOL, homie
Joined APC: Feb 2012
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Why is that? Whose side are you on?
#3566
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Back to you Sailing. You are amazing and super smart. Better than all Delta pilots.
#3567
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Reprehensible, or expected? Do any of us really believe that they would show up without a list? We have ours, they have theirs, why does that seem like a surprise, or "reprehensible" and not just a part of the negotiating process? I try to keep the emotion out of it.
#3568
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Posts: 19,599
I would also be willing once again to make a bet with you that the final contract improves our vacation.
#3569
OK, lets say that Spackle has won the issue on PS. PS is variable compensation, but only to the upside since there is no "at risk" element. LOL! Hang with me here... if PS was to go down due to a drop off in profitability... I know, I know, it never will, the pilots will be good with that. Certainly good enough that they would never chose to monetize at a higher rate. Therefore we elect to retain full current exposure to PS.
Here is what I propose. A two plan compensation system. So, much like we have different medical benefits we can chose, move to a compensation structure where the individual pilot makes the choice which package they would like to take.
Plan A:
Profit sharing intact at current % rates along with a whatever negotiated rate comes out in the contract.
Plan B:
Profit sharing eliminated for a commensurate addition to the pay rates as to be determined by the skillful ALPA negotiators.
Include the caveat that once an individual decides to transition from plan A to plan B, they are ineligible to then transition back to plan A on the next contract cycle.
The company would insist on that above caveat as they would like to see the PS plan eliminated completely. New hires after the signing date would only be eligible for plan b.
How hard was that, Tool? I know, I know, hang with me here, LOL! So simple even you clean figure out how to check one of two boxes
Being that you have not realized that there has been a ground shaking, industry transforming event that took place, oh about... 8 years ago now, I'm positive you'd sign up for plan B.
Then as you commit fiscal seppuku to your family budget and retirement, you and your ALPA acolytes won't take us all down with you on your miscalculated and logically suspect scheme.
Last edited by TheManager; 04-09-2015 at 08:32 AM.
#3570
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Joined APC: Jul 2014
Posts: 429
AA banded the the a330 with the 777 rates. Our 764 and 330 would be in the 777 band at either AA or UAL...which would benefit me. The other AA rates look about 7% higher with no pro shar and crap rigs. Overall, I think we'd reject AA's contract outright and stick with ours. There is clearly a lot of Forum disagreement on ProShar: to monetize all/some/or none. Contract surveys were probably split as well. DAL has made the PS a big part of our corp culture, so I don't see them messing with it much. OFG
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