>>wasn't that under Duffy's "leadership? That says a bit about one large problem at ALPA then-Duffy's airline, Delta, was Eastern's main competitor in Atlanta etc, on many routes, and almost NO Eastern pilots were hired by Delta-did Duffy try to help ANY of the EAL pilots get interviews/jobs?<<
That's exactly how I remember it. Sometimes ALPA is better at calling names than it is at getting jobs for the casualties of its campaigns.
Anyway, back to the Comair TA which Oilhead reported hot off the presses days ago...
The Comair MEC has decided to send the TA to the membership without recommendation, traditionally this means damning it with faint praise.
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Comair Pilots Prepare to Vote
On Contract Settlement Offer
By MARTHA BRANNIGAN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
The leadership of the Air Line Pilots Association, representing striking pilots at Comair Inc., a regional airline unit of Delta Air Lines, said it will submit a settlement offer to its pilot membership without an endorsement.
ALPA said Comair's 1,350 pilots are scheduled to vote by telephone between Thursday and Saturday on the offer, which was presented by the National Mediation Board in a bid to end the strike that has dragged on since March 26 at Cincinnati-based Comair. Union leaders plan to hold meetings this week at Comair bases in Cincinnati and Orlando, Fla., to explain details of the proposal to pilots.
Capt. Max Roberts, an ALPA spokesman, said that while "it was not a negotiated agreement," the union's master executive council decided to present it to members for their consideration, particularly since the strike begins its seventh week on Monday.
Comair said it has agreed to the settlement offer, which the National Mediation Board presented after extensive talks in Washington, D.C. Details of the proposal weren't disclosed.
Comair pilots have been seeking significant gains that would bring them closer to pilots at major carriers.
Comair pilots walked out March 26 after overwhelmingly rejecting a company offer that, according to the company, would have boosted their pay by 36% to 43% by 2004 in most cases and included a company-funded retirement plan. According to Comair, under the earlier offer, the annual salary of an eight-year captain of a 50-seat regional jet would have risen to $66,660 this year from $58,360 and to $80,980 by 2004; the pay for a first-year co-pilot would have risen to $20,900 this year from $16,180 now.
Meanwhile, mainline pilots at Atlanta-based Delta, the nation's third-largest carrier, are slated to vote between May 22 and June 20 on a tentative contract endorsed by the pilots union's leadership last week. According to Delta, pilots' pay increase would average 11.3% for mainline pilots in the first year of the contract and 4.5% each year after that. Pilots at Delta Express, its low-fare unit, would get bigger raises, totaling 63% over the five-year accord. According to Delta, the average pay for a Delta pilot in 2000 was $158,538.
[This message has been edited by Airbubba (edited 07 May 2001).]