Rowdy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:45 am mb,
The industry has evolved from a local dog and pony show to a global market. We've also seen many folk priced right out of joining us as fuel and insurance and mx costs skyrocket and global wages tank. Do you know why TC stopped releasing the numbers on CPL's and ATPL"S issued? Because the numbers were declining rapidly and industry experts in the employ of our airlines forced their hand. Its all about keeping the workforce costs down so the BOD and CEO bonuses can stay high.
As for the pay.. I'm glad you eat up what the LEC and MEC keep feeding you. I ran those numbers. Farcical at best. Why do I make HALF of what most of the other YVR classic captains make for doing the SAME job!? Thats outrageous. 25% maybe..
All the BS that was handed to you during the last negotiations has been proven to be just that. BS. There is no fleet reduction. We actually kept tails by adding Q's and 900's. They're also extending the service life of the 300s. We also haven't shrunk the pilot numbers. Still holding strong at over 1500. GGN can barely keep up. I can't count how many times I've been handed OT to go do their 1900 flying and hear about the jet guys covering theirs as well. I see CMA planes parked because of lack of crews. Sure a GIANT market down fall may change this a bit.. but it would have to collapse the global economy, not just our local one to slow the uptake.
Your numbers for the majority being A scale are skewed. The picture is easily painted by a look at some actual lists. A quick look at last months seniority list(march 2018) shows this.. 805 A scale of 1583 and 777 B scale. 49% are B scalers. And they're hiring at least 12-16 every month now. Sure that may be to replace guys on the whatever the hell you call the current air canada movement show.. but there are still a few dozen PML1.0 folk here and as you said a couple hundred retirements every year. We will out number the A-scalers in about a month or two. We're also considerably more mobilized, connected and much more vocal. Probably why the MEC and LEC's are starting to listen to us.. also why they just re-elected themselves. Solidifying their $positions$ for another couple years before they're punted.
Then why is your operational performance in a tailspin? Jazz came 3rd in controllable OTP and 2nd in controllable completions to GGN in 2017 ---- Yes GGN has been outperforming Jazz for almost 15 straight months now. Is Jazz really competitive anymore?