kirkpatrick
Veteran
Those of us at TWA haave been down this road before. Three bankruptcies and billions of dollars in concessions. My question is, if we agree to them, what besides a supposed increase in job security do we get for them?
In TWA''s first bankruptcy in ''92 each group was given a dollar amount. We could come up with these dollars in any way we decided; pay rates, bennies or work rules. Here are some of the creative things the FA union came up with to mitigate the pay hit:
1) No pay for first six days of sick leave.
2) No crew meal on most flights with a few exceptions.
3) Basic uniform articles (shirts, ties, belts, etc) to be paid by employee rather than the company.
4) Loss of vacation days.
5) Raise the trigger point for downtown layovers.
None of these is pleasant to think about, but I for one don''t want $14,000 per year cut from my paycheck.
One thing we got from our TWA concessions was that the company granted us some welcome changes in flexibility in exchange for the concessions we had made. What sort of no-cost/low-cost items could APFA and the other unions think of which would ease the pain a little? How about an extension of recall rights from five years to at least seven? This clause was negotiated way back when it was unheard of for a furlough to last so long. How about some added flexibility in OE and OT trading?
Any ideas?
MK
In TWA''s first bankruptcy in ''92 each group was given a dollar amount. We could come up with these dollars in any way we decided; pay rates, bennies or work rules. Here are some of the creative things the FA union came up with to mitigate the pay hit:
1) No pay for first six days of sick leave.
2) No crew meal on most flights with a few exceptions.
3) Basic uniform articles (shirts, ties, belts, etc) to be paid by employee rather than the company.
4) Loss of vacation days.
5) Raise the trigger point for downtown layovers.
None of these is pleasant to think about, but I for one don''t want $14,000 per year cut from my paycheck.
One thing we got from our TWA concessions was that the company granted us some welcome changes in flexibility in exchange for the concessions we had made. What sort of no-cost/low-cost items could APFA and the other unions think of which would ease the pain a little? How about an extension of recall rights from five years to at least seven? This clause was negotiated way back when it was unheard of for a furlough to last so long. How about some added flexibility in OE and OT trading?
Any ideas?
MK