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Pilots Reject Deal to Allow American Eagle to Add Larger Embraer Planes to Fleet
The leadership of the union that represents American Eagle pilots failed to ratify an agreement that had been negotiated in January with American Airlines Group. The American Eagle Master Executive Council rejected the deal that would allow American to add 60 new Embraer 175 aircraft to its fleet but called for freezing the pay rate scale until 2018 as well as higher contributions for healthcare insurance..... (www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Give the planes to Air Wisconsin. They've been flying the same old POS Crj's for will over 10 years and they are ragged out!!
Read: "Pilots reject deal to continue getting buttf***ed"
I believe the American Eagle pilots would have voted no on the contract too but the union should have let the pilots vote on it and have the final say.
Actually, American should not have tried to force the Eagle pilots into making more concessions with a new contract after the pilots had already done so just a short time back to help with American's bottom line while emerging from bankruptcy. American's management is more interested in their own wallets than they are in their employees financial health. That has been proven by the outrageous salaries and bonuses paid out to management who collect millions of dollars while paying their first officers a poverty wage.
American management should be ASHAMED!
Actually, American should not have tried to force the Eagle pilots into making more concessions with a new contract after the pilots had already done so just a short time back to help with American's bottom line while emerging from bankruptcy. American's management is more interested in their own wallets than they are in their employees financial health. That has been proven by the outrageous salaries and bonuses paid out to management who collect millions of dollars while paying their first officers a poverty wage.
American management should be ASHAMED!
Something is out of whack here in the USA between upper management and the men and women who make the corporation work. Executive pay is so out of line with the hired help in a majority of publically traded companies.
Simple solution. Become an exec.
That was always my solution for people who pissed & moaned about oil company profits.... BUY STOCK!
But will they GIVE me stock? I dont want to work for or pay for this stuff. It is like that Dead Milkmen song..."Everyone has nice stuff but me".
American Eagle pilots and first officers have been and are willing to work for it. That doesn't mean the company should take advantage of them to pad their own pockets.
The only saving grace in all this, and it had to be intentional which was the problem, is that although the planes were bigger, they were new and they'd be getting rid of the junk they are flying. While it probably doesn't violate the scope, it's coming closer and I think it was a mistake on the wage freeze and benefit cuts.
I get that. But paying regional pilot mord to fly ERJs than they'd get starting if they moved to the mainline would work against AA strategic needs.
The pay problem at the regionals isn't at the top, but at the bottom.
The pay problem at the regionals isn't at the top, but at the bottom.
yep
First, I am NOT a pilot. However, it has been an industry known for years that there are issues with pay at hours. If I am not mistaken, first really in the limelight with flight 3407 that crashed near Buffalo NY. The female (co?) pilot dragged in and out of blame for a few weeks. Since then I have seen many a story on national news about the issues - to me, the problem is not the story, it is the tone of the story. The tone of the story all together is no "lets find a solution" rather the tone is "be afraid to fly". First we need to change public perception.It would also help if the pilots simply would not take the low paying jobs...if everyone says "more or I walk"...
I hate the spell check on my device :-)