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miles otoole said:I hope I don't sound caustic, but if NJA were truly making money, why didn't you seek a pay package similar to what Delta had in 2001, i.e $250,000+ a year for CAs? I don't see how a 5,000 hour + CA who flies VERY high net worth individuals only makes 100K a year.
miles otoole said:Then why not 6 on 7 off? Isn't this better? If you have such a SU, why throw all the new hires under the bus by not giving them HBA? How would YOU feel if hubby were just leaving the military to work for NJA and you were FORCED to live where they told you to? Even the regional airlines don't abuse their new hires. Why not push Buffet for a Defined Benefits pension plan such as Citation and Bumardier? Are your boys not worth it? Why wait another 5 years? Do you really think this package is fair for FOs, CAs?
I hope I don't sound caustic, but if NJA were truly making money, why didn't you seek a pay package similar to what Delta had in 2001, i.e $250,000+ a year for CAs? I don't see how a 5,000 hour + CA who flies VERY high net worth individuals only makes 100K a year.
Looks like the delay tactic is working on you. Are you really who you say you are? For everyone else, a scheduled pay raise will not be frozen due to any law. This is just a potential ploy to keep us bickering. Look past it and think of your future. It won't take four years. Even if it did, what did you get during the last four years? A whole lot of flight time? More grey hair?Pilot's Wife said:.....At least get the raise first and then base all negotiations on numbers after these changes. It took NJ 4 years to work out its contract. I don't want our wages and benefits frozen here for that long while this is being worked out.
Pilot's Wife said:…. Something interesting happened the other day though. My husband was cleaning out his flight bag and found a union card slipped in one of his pockets. He has no idea who or when it was put in there, but apparently people are still trying to go that route. Though hopefully they are looking at what has been happening at Netjets and see that a union is not the answer to all their problems.
Pilot's Wife said:The schedule is still difficult. A seven on seven off would be sooo much better, but they do not offer that now.
As I said before, Flexjet has been good to us. It still is not perfect (especially the schedule and slow upgrades). This can be a difficult job for those with a family. Our kids seem to suffer the most with their daddy being gone so much…..
Archie Bunker said:A more fair comparison would be to look at the BBJ payrates and compare them to Delta 737-800 rates.
XPGuy said:I don't work at NJA but I do have a copy of their contract.
An 10-year Captain on a BBJ (class 5) makes:
$193,671 on the normal schedule, $229,851 on the flex schedule.
11 and 11+ years, they get a 2.5% raise annually or COLA, whichever is less.
There is a difference between Delta and NJA, dude. Net Jets has what, 3 BBJ's? So we're talking what, 15 to 20 pilots this applies to?