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CaptainsWife · 06-22-2005, 03:34 PM

Got this in an email today from ALPA:
On May 19, AWA CEO W. Douglas Parker, commenting on the merger, made the statement: "Both airlines' labor contracts are very similar so therefore neither group of employees will have to take substantial pay cuts to come to the other?s pay rates." Obviously Mr. Parker hadn't even looked at the US Airways contract before making that rather matter-of-fact statement. Compare the rates below:

B-737/A320
F/O CAPTAIN
YEAR AWA US AIR AWA US AIR
1 38.00 25.00 117.78 25.00
5 80.25 75.00 123.47 116.00
10 86.31 83.00 130.78 122.00
15 90.89 85.00 137.72 125.00

That translates into a difference of as much as $12,720/year:

YEAR AWA F/O AWA CAPTAIN

LOSS HOUR YEARLY (1000 HRS) HOUR YEARLY (1000 HRS)
1 13.00 13,000 92.78 92,780
5 5.25 5,250 7.47 7,470
10 3.31 3,310 8.78 8,780
15 5.89 5,890 12.72 12,720

Is this difference the "pain sharing" that the Chief Pilot said we all must accept, Mr. Parker seems to think that not only should we take on the risk of this merger but now we have to pay for it too. Kind of like an ESOP without the "O," ownership. It reminds us of the story of Tom Sawyer and the picket fence. At the end of the day Tom (Doug Parker) had all the neighbor kids doing his work painting the fence. But remember it gets better: he even had them pay to do his work. Look what Mr. Parker has us doing. It's time for us to leave the holding pattern and prepare for Final Approach. Don't want a pay cut? Then "JUST SAY NO!"

06-22-2005, 03:34 PM	#12 (permalink)
CaptainsWife Jetgirls Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Idaho Posts: 62 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What\'s Up with This? Got this in an email today from ALPA: On May 19, AWA CEO W. Douglas Parker, commenting on the merger, made the statement: "Both airlines' labor contracts are very similar so therefore neither group of employees will have to take substantial pay cuts to come to the other?s pay rates." Obviously Mr. Parker hadn't even looked at the US Airways contract before making that rather matter-of-fact statement. Compare the rates below: B-737/A320 F/O CAPTAIN YEAR AWA US AIR AWA US AIR 1 38.00 25.00 117.78 25.00 5 80.25 75.00 123.47 116.00 10 86.31 83.00 130.78 122.00 15 90.89 85.00 137.72 125.00 That translates into a difference of as much as $12,720/year: YEAR AWA F/O AWA CAPTAIN LOSS HOUR YEARLY (1000 HRS) HOUR YEARLY (1000 HRS) 1 13.00 13,000 92.78 92,780 5 5.25 5,250 7.47 7,470 10 3.31 3,310 8.78 8,780 15 5.89 5,890 12.72 12,720 Is this difference the "pain sharing" that the Chief Pilot said we all must accept, Mr. Parker seems to think that not only should we take on the risk of this merger but now we have to pay for it too. Kind of like an ESOP without the "O," ownership. It reminds us of the story of Tom Sawyer and the picket fence. At the end of the day Tom (Doug Parker) had all the neighbor kids doing his work painting the fence. But remember it gets better: he even had them pay to do his work. Look what Mr. Parker has us doing. It's time for us to leave the holding pattern and prepare for Final Approach. Don't want a pay cut? Then "JUST SAY NO!"