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What "Alaska" fails to mention is that around 90% of active Flight Options pilots are currently paid as Capt's on either the 8/7 or 16/2 schedules, so all those other numbers he posted are irrelevant until recalls begin.
He also fails to mention that all pilots on the property as of 4/1/10 (contract ratification) received a 10% raise, as well as two months of retro pay.
He also fails to mention that on 1/1/11 many pilots on the property will receive an additional 10-25% raise due to the contractually mandated elimination of the infamous "slide to poverty" program, in addition to their regular annual raise in 2011. Slide to poverty was a program where pilots were paid for time in service in a particular fleet, not in service to the company. (Ex. A pilot who has worked for the company for 10 years, but only upgraded in his/her particular fleet four years ago, was paid as a four year Capt., pre-contract. Post-contract on 1-1, the same pilot will be paid as a 10 year Capt.). Some pilots were shorted as many as seven years and this all goes away instantly in January.
In addition to this "Alaska" also fails to mention that beginning in year 4 of this contract, if the company elects to exercise its options to extend, to pay scales will increase 3% above the posted scales each year, or an additional 6% compounded over the life of the five year contract.
Finally what he fails to point out, is that all of this represents a total average 38.9% raise over the term of the contract, not to mention the additional PTO/Vacation, work rules, job protections, and the laying aside of at-will status that were achieved. This in my opinion was an extraordinary achievement during the worst recession in 80 years. An achievement that should not be sullied by those we fail to do their homework or those who never paid a dime, or sacrificed a minute of their personal time to make it a reality.
The pilots at Flight Options should be, and are proud of their collective achievement, no-matter what a few ignorant misguided malcontents have to say anonymously. After-all 88% of us voted in favor of this contract.
Rome was not built in a day and never will if self interested rhetoric is allowed to rule.
What "Alaska" fails to mention is that around 90% of active Flight Options pilots are currently paid as Capt's on either the 8/7 or 16/2 schedules, so all those other numbers he posted are irrelevant until recalls begin.
He also fails to mention that all pilots on the property as of 4/1/10 (contract ratification) received a 10% raise, as well as two months of retro pay.
He also fails to mention that on 1/1/11 many pilots on the property will receive an additional 10-25% raise due to the contractually mandated elimination of the infamous "slide to poverty" program, in addition to their regular annual raise in 2011. Slide to poverty was a program where pilots were paid for time in service in a particular fleet, not in service to the company. (Ex. A pilot who has worked for the company for 10 years, but only upgraded in his/her particular fleet four years ago, was paid as a four year Capt., pre-contract. Post-contract on 1-1, the same pilot will be paid as a 10 year Capt.). Some pilots were shorted as many as seven years and this all goes away instantly in January.
In addition to this "Alaska" also fails to mention that beginning in year 4 of this contract, if the company elects to exercise its options to extend, to pay scales will increase 3% above the posted scales each year, or an additional 6% compounded over the life of the five year contract.
Finally what he fails to point out, is that all of this represents a total average 38.9% raise over the term of the contract, not to mention the additional PTO/Vacation, work rules, job protections, and the laying aside of at-will status that were achieved. This in my opinion was an extraordinary achievement during the worst recession in 80 years. An achievement that should not be sullied by those we fail to do their homework or those who never paid a dime, or sacrificed a minute of their personal time to make it a reality.
The pilots at Flight Options should be, and are proud of their collective achievement, no-matter what a few ignorant misguided malcontents have to say anonymously. After-all 88% of us voted in favor of this contract.
Rome was not built in a day and never will if self interested rhetoric is allowed to rule.