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[likeitis]

Actually I believe thay took a 15% pay cut which has snapped back to their original pay on Nov. 1st.

 

[Ty Webb]

AirTran

Turbo:

We gave up 9%, and it ended 10/31. Not a big sacrifice, in order to keep everyone working. Probably cost a third yr. Capt. less than $900., and a 2d yr F/O about $500.

There will always be some disagreement on this issue, but I would rather work at a company where the senior guys will take a temporary pay cut to keep the junior guys working, instead of carrying on about "upholding the profession" at $275K a year, while a newhire is furloughed for two years, working at Home Depot. Yeah, that's upholding the profession, alright. Ya want fries with that?

I realize some guys think that it ain't worth having if you don't make Senior Widebody Skipper and break $300K/yr but I think we are getting decent pay and job security for what we are doing, and, dammit, I'm having fun doing it!

Things look good here. Hiring started started Nov 5th with a class of 14, and then 24 more started after Thanksgiving, and yet another class has been announced, starting later this month. I've been hearing at least 24 a month for 2002.

We've got a decent contract, new equipment arriving faster than we can staff it, adding pilots below me instead of furloughing, I think we're doing OK.

How're things going for you guys at ATA?

 

[TurboS7]

Anybody else with some good insight on the future of all our career's?????

 

[snowback]

More big airplanes = more big money jobs.

 

[TurboS7]

Guess we have beat this one up enough, time to let it go to the back burner.

 

[Little Bubba]

Jet Blue finally made it into the "National" category?

 

[TurboS7]

If UAL went down as CO sure hopes can you imagine how many pilots that would put on the street.........where are we going to park all the airplanes? Phoenix is full and Victorville is full, time to buy and old air force base and start selling plots.

 

[ifly4food]

To keep the discussion focused on the original post in this thread, the Comair debate has been moved to its own thread titled "Comair/major airline discussion"
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