SWAPA has a TA about the 737-800
10-16-2010, 06:15 PM
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The side letter would give a small raise on ALL of our flying (I think about 1% over what we previously had). It also extends our contract and adds a profitability based raise in the new last year. As the company has been doing very well lately, these profitability based raises could be 3% or more.
Considering that we're not even going to see an -800 on the property for a while and by the end of the contract we'll still have very few, I don't think it's that bad. I may never fly an 800 in the next two years but I still get the raise.
Considering that we're not even going to see an -800 on the property for a while and by the end of the contract we'll still have very few, I don't think it's that bad. I may never fly an 800 in the next two years but I still get the raise.
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10-16-2010, 06:42 PM
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In a very general sense, I agree with you. But that's "all else being equal". I suspect there is an assumption among travelers that all professional airline pilots are a cut above and that most airlines strive to be safe. So that aside, then yes, ticket price is a driver. But if a carrier's pilots were shown in a high profile way to be substandard, I think that carrier would be avoided by a large percentage of travelers even if they had to pay a little more. Of course, there will always be those that would fly in an outhouse if the price were right.
10-16-2010, 06:53 PM
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The side letter would give a small raise on ALL of our flying (I think about 1% over what we previously had). It also extends our contract and adds a profitability based raise in the new last year. As the company has been doing very well lately, these profitability based raises could be 3% or more.
Considering that we're not even going to see an -800 on the property for a while and by the end of the contract we'll still have very few, I don't think it's that bad. I may never fly an 800 in the next two years but I still get the raise.
Considering that we're not even going to see an -800 on the property for a while and by the end of the contract we'll still have very few, I don't think it's that bad. I may never fly an 800 in the next two years but I still get the raise.
10-16-2010, 07:20 PM
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In a very general sense, I agree with you. But that's "all else being equal". I suspect there is an assumption among travelers that all professional airline pilots are a cut above and that most airlines strive to be safe. So that aside, then yes, ticket price is a driver. But if a carrier's pilots were shown in a high profile way to be substandard, I think that carrier would be avoided by a large percentage of travelers even if they had to pay a little more. Of course, there will always be those that would fly in an outhouse if the price were right.
Pielut or whatever his name is seems to play right into that... airliners.net anyone?
10-16-2010, 07:40 PM
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10-16-2010, 07:48 PM
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10-17-2010, 02:54 AM
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10-17-2010, 06:58 AM
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In a very general sense, I agree with you. But that's "all else being equal". I suspect there is an assumption among travelers that all professional airline pilots are a cut above and that most airlines strive to be safe. So that aside, then yes, ticket price is a driver. But if a carrier's pilots were shown in a high profile way to be substandard, I think that carrier would be avoided by a large percentage of travelers even if they had to pay a little more. Of course, there will always be those that would fly in an outhouse if the price were right.
-cubicle troll, I think that darn copier is broken again.
10-17-2010, 09:37 AM
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