I'm not a hater by any stretch. I like my job, but I'm also realistic. The raise is good but the truth is we aren't catching up but rather falling further behind in compensation. It's just that we started so low to begin with. I am a top half Captain working about 80 hours per month avg and my W-2 was 134k. $10/hour will add $10k. There is more to it than hourly wages.
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Attrition is pretty minimal. Which doesnt help the VX pilots' cause.
Why is that? Here at JB our attrition is getting pretty high. Every FO I've flown with in the past year has apps out and we are losing quite a few. Why not at VX? just curious.
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Lots of guys have apps out, but so far not much has happened. We did lose a captain to Spirit in December (QOL issues for him), but not sure if there has been much else. Don't know why there is not much movement yet, but I think it will happen before too long.
There's still the dream of a quick upgrade at VX. Lots of guys are holding out hope for an aircraft order and rapid expansion. I think that's why there's little outrage about our crap pay rates and few applications out. IMO that's foolish but that's pretty much the opinion of every FO I fly with.
I'm sorry but those are well below JB rates. In many cases between $15-$30 an hr less.
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I think I would keep that to myself if I were you..
that is almost as much as B6's 190 pay...
almost...
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I am thinking the new pay rates and the carrot being dangled just a bit further may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. An organizing campaign is gathering steam quickly and in just a day and a half over 100 of the 600 pilots on property have committed to supporting a national union organizing campaign. It looks like the ALPA is the favorite to be the one, but Teamsters and the TWU are also being considered. The latter is on record as wanting to add pilots into their mix of flight attendants, mechanics and dispatchers. We will see how this moves forward, but in just a few days the ball has really gotten rolling.
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Look at the negotiating environments............
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mmmmmmmmmmm.......that blue juice sure is tasty.
Why don't you tell us about your health insurance? On second thought, you might want to keep that to yourself.
Every pilot group is trying to make improvements to their pay/QOL, and this is a step in the right direction for VX pilots.
I bet every VX guy would trade their 'agreement' for our CBA. You can't reason with many of those 26%er fools. Either way, good on VX for moving in the right direction.
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