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Virgin America pilot pay increase

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First Officers:

$5 uniform per hour across the board, including first year pay.

$44 ---> $49

$65 ---> $70

$75 ---> $80

$80---> $85

$82 ---> $87

$85 ---> $90

$88 ---> $93

$90 ---> $95

$91 ---> $96

$92 ---> $97

$93 ---> $98

$95 ---> $100

Captains:

$105 ---> $112

$110 ---> $118

$118 ---> $126

$123 ---> $132

$127 ---> $136

$130 ---> $139

$132 ---> $141

$135 ---> $144

$139 ---> $149

$141 ---> $151

$145 ---> $155

$150 ---> $161


Pay raises effective April 1.

Improvements, with various effective dates this year:

SALARY (eff April 1)
• Pilot Step Rate Increase 7% overall
o CA avg. $9/step* / FO avg. $5/step*
*Refer to updated rate chart for greater detail
• Check Pilots override to increase from 8% to 10%


401(k)
• Board of Directors supportive of improving for 2014
• 2013 strategy as follows:
o Conduct vendor review with Teammate committee to
review alternative choices and recommend solutions
o Recommend improvements to 401(k) for the 2014
Board Meeting
o Implement automatic enrollment for Teammates hired
before 10/1/2010

GROUND SCHOOL (PELESYS) PAY
• 2 CBS days paid/year, retroactive to January 1, 2013


PRODUCTIVITY
• 75 hour min bid for Lineholders, up to 5 months a year:
o Three months pre-identified as JUL, AUG and DEC
o At least 90-day notice for additional 2 months
o Ability to drop to 70 hours, if buffers permit


TRIP TRADE/RESERVE DESK
• 24 hours a day/7 days a week
• Enables Lineholders to trade/swap trips, including trading
portions of 4-day trips
• Enables Reserves to proffer trips they want to work

RESERVE IMPROVEMENTS

75 HOUR MINIMUM GUARANTEE FOR RESERVES
GUARANTEED 12 DAYS OFF EVERY MONTH
THREE (3) DAY OFF BETWEEN RDP (reserve duty periods)
• Excluding the first 5 & last 5 days of every month

SHORT CALL RESERVE ENHANCEMENT
• Call me first/last (indicated at the start of each month)

LAST DAY RDP REASSIGNMENT PAY
• Incentive pay if on call for AM reserve for several hours,
then put on rest and assigned to PM reserve
• Pay is 25% additional for hours worked on last day only

WILLING TO FLY (***)
• Volunteer to fly on days off (***) while on reserve
• May go above guarantee

PREFERENTIAL BIDDING FOR RESERVES
• Ability to bid for particular reserve days/blocks

TRADE/SWAP RDP
• Ability to trade and swap RDP based on coverage

LONG CALL RESERVE
• Extend call back period to 30 min (currently 15 min)
• 2-hour minimum call out is extended to 14 hours
• Assignment window is extended by 1 hour (12:00 to 15:00)
 
Trying to keep the rats from deserting the sinking ship


At least they're trying..


we're making record profits and all we can do is announce more bridge programs to attract pilots.


Got mediocrity?
 
Is the healthcare offering better than what JB offers? I think I already know the answer to that question...
 
Congrats to VX's pilots. It's always nice to see pay raises in this business, especially after the last decade.
 
Very happy for the Virgin America pilots. Virgin is not going away don't listen to the negative comments. What makes you different than the rest is your culture. Stay positive and keep doing what you are doing with your customers and you will be fine.
 
Frontier now has the lowest pay rates.

Congrats VA guys/gals.
 

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