Ty Webb
Hostage to Fortune
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- Dec 10, 2001
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Guys, the National Seniority List (NSL) isn't the answer right now. A more workable solution is a Pilot's Guild, much like the American Medical Association or the Bar Association.
The idea is that the Guild sets a MINIMUM RATE OF PAY per AIRCRAFT, and PER SEAT. . . . . and the number is something like Delta Airlines 2001.
Your own Union can negotiate something higher, and better bennies and work rules, but NEVER LOWER. That takes pilot pay off the table, period. No more chipping in for gas.
The mechanics of it are that everyone is grandfathered in. Your Union still represents you, but the Guild sets the minimum hourly rate for ALL pilots for that equipment. Fly for less than that, and you are out of the Guild, and cannot work for any US airline again, period. It would be like practicing medicine without a license.
Later, we could start handing out seniority numbers, but to NEW members . . . in other words, the NSL part would benefit the next gerneration of aviators, but the pay would benefit all of us immediately.
Regards,
TW
The idea is that the Guild sets a MINIMUM RATE OF PAY per AIRCRAFT, and PER SEAT. . . . . and the number is something like Delta Airlines 2001.
Your own Union can negotiate something higher, and better bennies and work rules, but NEVER LOWER. That takes pilot pay off the table, period. No more chipping in for gas.
The mechanics of it are that everyone is grandfathered in. Your Union still represents you, but the Guild sets the minimum hourly rate for ALL pilots for that equipment. Fly for less than that, and you are out of the Guild, and cannot work for any US airline again, period. It would be like practicing medicine without a license.
Later, we could start handing out seniority numbers, but to NEW members . . . in other words, the NSL part would benefit the next gerneration of aviators, but the pay would benefit all of us immediately.
Regards,
TW