Freight Dog
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We don't want "merit" entering the equation for schedules, upgrades, payrates, etc... "Merit" is highly subjective. As soon as airline manager have the ability to use their own judgement to determine who is "deserving," you can count on pilot pushing reaching all-time highs. Sorry, I'm not interested.
You don't give your fellow pilots enough credit. According to you and Rez, we're all a bunch of retards who need an organization like ALPA to 'take care of us.'
Here's one piece of the equation that you're missing. Forget upgrades based on merit... how about upgrades based on experience? How about pay based on experience?
You never answered me... why should a 20,000 hour captain with 10,000 hours PIC in Boeings get paid $30/hour simply because he changed employers? Shouldn't he command certain pay based on his experience?
You say the answer is raising probationary pay. I still say it's B.S. Why? Because all Grampaw Scrooges at the top of the seniority list who do all the negotiatin' don't give a rat's ass about new or junior people.
Here's another thing, PCL... ever looked at Emirates? They are the world's most successful airline, and the pilots I know working there are by far the happiest pilots out there. Guess what? Not only is there no ALPA there, the unions are actually illegal in UAE. Now how come so many former ALPA pilots are so damn happy out there without ALPA?
ALPA is not the end-all-be-all. There is a life outside of ALPA - pretty good one, actually... the one that doesn't limit you simply based on when you signed on with your current employer.