Bringupthebird
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USAPA is in the process of preparing for a membership vote on whether or not to modify a provision in the west contract that allows pilots age 58 and older to receive captains pay, but remain at the top of the F/O scale and not be trained as captains. They propose to give into company demands that the age be moved to 63.
USAPA heartily endorses this vote as they see it as preventing co-pilots from upgrading.
USAPA fails to see the leverage in retaining the current contract language, and instead prefers to try and curry favor with management by giving away parts of the AWA contract. There are many who gleefully see this as their opportunity to personally screw the west with their vote. Before you do, think about this:
1. Why should USAPA give away what they didn't earn, in exchange for nothing?
2. Would allowing some F/O's who are in this age bracket to remain where they are enhance the upgrade opportunities for younger pilots?
3. Will those who plan to enjoy their own person victory at the expense of the west, ever need the unity with those same pilots to accomplish greater goals in the future?
4. And if those older F/O's desperately want to go from prime lineholders making captain's pay, to reserve captains with crummy lines, couldn't this bargain be struck so that something of value could come of it?
Suppose the west had won the representation election and proceeded to make wholesale concessions to only the east contract, just to prove who was really in charge. Would that yield the respect that was intended, or just make the current fight that much more bitter?
I encourage those USAPA members voting for this provision in the next few weeks to look beyond the chance to screw the west and sieze the chance to do what is right and vote NO on this question
USAPA heartily endorses this vote as they see it as preventing co-pilots from upgrading.
USAPA fails to see the leverage in retaining the current contract language, and instead prefers to try and curry favor with management by giving away parts of the AWA contract. There are many who gleefully see this as their opportunity to personally screw the west with their vote. Before you do, think about this:
1. Why should USAPA give away what they didn't earn, in exchange for nothing?
2. Would allowing some F/O's who are in this age bracket to remain where they are enhance the upgrade opportunities for younger pilots?
3. Will those who plan to enjoy their own person victory at the expense of the west, ever need the unity with those same pilots to accomplish greater goals in the future?
4. And if those older F/O's desperately want to go from prime lineholders making captain's pay, to reserve captains with crummy lines, couldn't this bargain be struck so that something of value could come of it?
Suppose the west had won the representation election and proceeded to make wholesale concessions to only the east contract, just to prove who was really in charge. Would that yield the respect that was intended, or just make the current fight that much more bitter?
I encourage those USAPA members voting for this provision in the next few weeks to look beyond the chance to screw the west and sieze the chance to do what is right and vote NO on this question
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