Rostov, the pay and conditions are exactly what they are on now. Carry an extra fifty to sixty pax and don't get an extra cent. To be honest, I can understand the Impulse guys being concerned as to their future but gee, what a way to go about it. Again I say that they could have asked for DJ pay and conditions, still been in front of where they are now and probably still have an offer that under cuts the mainline offer.
It makes me want to up our AIPA dues a couple of per cent or so each, undercut the Impulse offer and have the union make up the difference to normal QF wages a la Cathay and the 49 (or thereabouts!) a couple of years back. Hang on, that would be seen as 'stupid' by many Impulse pilots wouldn't it? No more stupid than carrying 50% more pax for the same dollars!
