Originally Posted by
ECAMACTIONSCOMPLETE
I’m just being realistic.
We all know how it will go. The company will offer us roughly the same agreement plus 3% which will be voted down, then an agreement which won’t be great but will get enough of the pilot group to vote yes for it to get across the line.
Those that think a bit of PIA is going to make the company roll over and give us a 20% pay rise are kidding themselves.
The company can’t just offer 3% They need much more flexibility and stand by coverage to cater for what will now be a domestic crew flying long (med) haul as well as 1-4 day trips becoming the norm with the Jeppesen Optimizer, and also more stand by coverage to limit expensive WDOs.
The current coverage won’t cut it and so it’ll be in the interest of Jetstar to get this EBA over the line and to do that it’ll need to be competitive. Otherwise they’ll find a rolling NO vote and box themselves into a corner with NEOs fast approaching and a current inflexible EBA for intl ops.