Crzipilot said:
Yeah, sure does look that way, It also calls for a section 6 opener if 4 airlines put this model into place and pay higher. So I guess it will depend on you regionals to bring the pay up??? Again, for the current state of wages, That they were able to negotiate approx. 10.00/hr more than other regionals, AND keep it on mainline, I never said the scale was great....but well it's better.
Oh, BTW....how long is your wage freeze for additional airframes?
Our longevity freeze runs out in '07 (if the contingencies are met). It froze our '04 scales for 2 years. Doesn't really matter now since we'll be lucky if we survive the superior management of our mainline friends.
Hey, I'm happy you got to keep the airplanes. As for us regionals bringing the pay scales up .... a good idea, but virtually impossible while you majors are bringing them down.
This is how your '06 book rate compares to our '04 (current) book rate. Yours on the left, ours on the right; + = difference in your favor. Do keep in mind that ours is for a CRJ-700 w/70 single class, and yours is for an EMB-190 w/106 single class (a 36 s. dif.) --- the apples aren't quite like the oranges.
AWA190 ----- CMR700 ------ Diff
CA
05 -85.82 ----- 74.94 ------- + 10.88
08 -91.07 ----- 82,12 ------- + 8.85
10 -94.14 ----- 88.86 ------- + 5.28
12 -98.58 ----- 94.43 ------- + 4.14
FO
02 - 43.72 ----- 41.04 ------- + 2.68
05 - 51.13 ----- 44.96 ------- + 6.17
08 - 54.26 ----- 49.27 ------- + 4.99
Note that the $10 you mention occurs in only one instance. We have few CA w/ that longevity in that eqpt. you will likely have most at yr. 5 (unless of course you can fence the U pilots into this machine). This lowers the differential in real dollars to virtually less than nothing.
I'm not criticizing you, just pointing out that the picture is grim, which you probably already know.
Given that our mainline "partner" has managed to take our little airline from most profitable in the industry to bankruptcy in less than 5 years, we have nothing to celebrate.
This trend, even w/o the BK debacle, would force us to reduce our scales substantially anyway and most probably gut the rest of our CBA to match yours.
It's not your fault and I know that. I just have to cry in my beer somewhere and this is as good a place as any.
Looks like our only option will be to "underbid" MESA, which will then underbid us, again. Look for DL to "underbid" you and us, and us to "underbid" them in turn. We've built a jolly cluster Fk for ourselves.
Here's hoping your merger won't result in more furloughs. No doubt you'll be in a hug-fest with the U pilots before it's over. Aren't the "career expectations" just peachy?
I wish you well.