But we're still a couple years away from a contract, and that's what worries your West counterparts. Our wages are frozen until we DO get something ratified. (Yeah I know, cry y'all a river about wage freezes.) Our wages are so substandard for the west coast that it's disgusting. (Hence the thought of hubby and I moving to CLT or somewhere else in the south in a couple years, once all is said and done and we're operating as ONE carrier.
I'd also like to be able to see vacancies filled with furloughed employees. I'm sure there are many more than anyone would like to admit. Bring ALL of our customer service back in-house. (Again, the WAH thing...I'm sure there are tax benefits for the company- there are for the employee.) They'd still have a cost savings over having a full-fledged res center open. Either that or have res agents train to be working at the airport. I'm sure turnover for ATO agents isn't all that much less with East than it is here. Plus you have the benefit of having some people pretty darned knowledgable about ticketing. I really don't feel we're taking advatage of the assets East/West employees have to offer.
We need to bring the rj's to an in house thing too. It'd go back to being under our scope, plus the pilots and f/a, ramp...benefit for ALL.
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