New CommutAir Pay and QOL LOA
#63
Line Holder
Joined APC: Feb 2011
Position: E145 FO
Posts: 83
Have yet to run into one person with anything negative to say, been in and out of crew rooms on a trip since it came out.
#64
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,539
It's interesting to note that the majority of people it's designed to help, FOs, can't vote.
My own feeling is that it would be stupid not to capture the commuting language and hotels that are currently being offered and deal with pay rates in upcoming negotiations as it doesn't change the amendable date of the current contract. There's no guarantee that the company would simply raise the rates and put another offer on the table should the pilot group vote this down. But again, I can't vote.
If I had to guess, I'd say it's going to pass. But I'm less certain of that than I was when it first came out on Monday.
#65
Definite no vote right here, and I know of quite a few others who are voting no. The proposed captain raise is pathetic. I compared regionals using 3rd year pay (probably the most our FO's will see) across the board, CA pay averages 1.71x FO pay. Our current CA pay is 1.66x FO pay. The new rates would then change the ratio to 1.51x which is the lowest of any regional, and our captains are still the lowest paid. Also, FO's Q300 pay is eliminated, that is a concession. Remember that management came to us, not the other way around.
#66
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,539
#67
It's a small concession, I'll give you that. My main point is that until the captain rates increase at least equal to FO's it should be voted down. You don't take the first offer from a used car salesman, why should we take this?
#68
Definite no vote right here, and I know of quite a few others who are voting no. The proposed captain raise is pathetic. I compared regionals using 3rd year pay (probably the most our FO's will see) across the board, CA pay averages 1.71x FO pay. Our current CA pay is 1.66x FO pay. The new rates would then change the ratio to 1.51x which is the lowest of any regional, and our captains are still the lowest paid. Also, FO's Q300 pay is eliminated, that is a concession. Remember that management came to us, not the other way around.
#69
Definite no vote right here, and I know of quite a few others who are voting no. The proposed captain raise is pathetic. I compared regionals using 3rd year pay (probably the most our FO's will see) across the board, CA pay averages 1.71x FO pay. Our current CA pay is 1.66x FO pay. The new rates would then change the ratio to 1.51x which is the lowest of any regional, and our captains are still the lowest paid. Also, FO's Q300 pay is eliminated, that is a concession. Remember that management came to us, not the other way around.
#70
Read the LOA, the hotels can only be used the night before a trip or reserve block. Get extended or delayed and miss your commute home and the hotel provision doesn't apply. I would rather get the money up front and do whatever I like with it.
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