What we want!?
Long John. Of course there are a variety of views amongst the Pilots at NJS as to what we should be seeking, but the bottom line is simply to maintain previously agreed conditions and to at least receive the CPI in maintaining salary levels. We are not seeking a pay rise as such. NJS management has been introducing a new plan (which they developed in secrecy) which basically aims to reduce the cost of aircrew by charging them for training, discounting the CPI and cancelling previously agreed conditions. The start of this process was a dubious agreement which was struck (under a certain amount of duress) for the introduction of the Boeing 717 to NJS. Since then, our unbelievably gleeful management has set about making further changes by stealth, using different and less rewarding AWA's for each new employee hired. This has been accompanied by a breathtaking display of dishonesty and deviousness which has made any negotiations between pilots and management impossible. (A classic case of giving an inch and being taken a mile.) Best advice for prospective new employees is to either seek employment with a more honorable employer or await the outcome of the present dispute to see if NJS is worth joining.