The Allied Pilots Association said Wednesday that its board voted 15-5 to reject an offer by American that included raises of 19% in three steps over two years.
Union spokesman Dennis Tajer said American's management is focused on keeping pay increases as low as possible and has ignored crew-scheduling changes that the union claims will reduce the number of canceled and delayed flights. "Management's failure to invest in a pilot contract that levels up to meet passenger demand only creates more uncertainty for the holiday travel season and even next summer," he said.
American, which has about 15,000 pilots and is based in Fort Worth, Texas, did not immediately comment.
Kindly screw off. We know what we’re worth and we’re not using anything. Anytime something happens, both inflight and during economic and/or other issues we’ve been leveraged and told what we’re worth to the company yet we go about our jobs as professionals.
It’s called supply and demand!!
Yeah… not really. The four majors have been without a new contract for 4-5 years. Nice spin though.