Just some small amount of info,
Vb pilots voted down the proposed EBA due to a number of reasons. Now that this has been voted down, there a real chance that the whole EMB operation will be greenfielded. Below are some of the rejected conditions to do with the EMB,
1. Capt base pay $112K.
2. F/O base pay $60k, and you pay for the endorsement which in the document was $20K US, and the exchange rate was not stipulated. Also, you can forget a quick command, as there has been a revision to operations manual stating that a command upgrade requires a minimum of 4000 hours of which 2000 hours must be on company type, you are also frozen for 4 years on type.
3. Overtime after 68.5 hours. At
Vb you won't see any overtime, they will time balance for sure. Overtime rate for EMB Capt. is approx. $140 an hour, an F/O receives 2/3rds of this rate.
4. 5 sector days with a provision to pax on the 6th sector. No meals during a pax sector, no payments for a pax sector.
5. No payments for EP's/ground courses.
6. Split duties, sign on a 7pm, one sector to Hobart. Sign off at 10pm. Overnight in Hobart. Sign on at 5am and one sector home to Melbourne sign off at 8.30am. This is just an example.
7. 14 days off a month on an average across the entire pilot complement. Guarantee of 10 days off a month. Therefore, you will only receive 10 days off a month.
8. One month reserve roster blocks.
9. Can roster you for seven days flying, one day off, then seven days flying.
These are just some of the conditions.
You can forget direct entry commands as well. Company wants high time F/Os to take EMB commands. There is a provision for direct entry commands, but they are targeting Hong Kong Express EMB experienced pilots of other Jet experienced pilots. (At these salary rates "tell em their dreaming").
Don't mean to sound negative. Just the Facts.