Wow. What a sh!t storm we have here....
Well, it looks like some things are improving for the avantair team. It didn't come quietly.
Anyways, maybe things are turning for the better with the new owner. But when you finally do get your new payscale, don't runoff with it like a kid that got an A on a test. make sure you look at it with some bias. You've been working for very sub-par wages since the company's inception......years ago. Throw a cracker to someone starving in the desert and he'll love you for it, but it's still just a cracker.
Look at it and see what you'll be making in a few years and how long it'll take to get what you feel you're worth. Now compare that to CJ or NJA. Don't listen to the old BS "it's a turboprop", yea, faster than half of what CS has, 2 extra levers, no FADEC, and it's part 23. Read: ain't goin anywhere not cleaned up and you'll be busy doin it. In addition, I'll bet it's the squirliest MFer on the ground. That turboprop pay thing came from back in the kingair days.
The perdiem bump is nice, but aren't the CS guys making like 2.55-2.60 something like that. I've paid for my own food on the road with the old perdiem many times.....who can eat decent off of $37 a day?
Policy, policy, policy.....3-4 years and still not a vaca,sick,etc. policy?
What 5 CPs and 3-4 DOs in the past 1.5-2 years?
Hey, I know, they're tryin' and that's a good thing. I hope for the best for the pilots......and those that work hard in the office. But like someone said earlier, send in your cards, see what they come up with and if they still pull your chain with some "compromising" scale/schedule (like they have every other time) vote yes. if you're happy with it, vote no. That simple really.