PatObrien
what COS08 payscale do you have? Considering basic pay, 15.5% and the reduced qualification pay I come up with a USD 7k-9K/year reduction for SFO1-6 and from SFO7-10 it is USD 11k-19k less per year on COS08.
It is around USD 110000 less for SFO1-10 if you are on USAB COS99 switching to COS08.
Part of COS08 is contradicting the Federal Canada Labour code (which regulates airlines) and if it is true that Canada is going onshore next year, COS08 has to be changed. Also, in Canada one employment group can have only one collective agreement (including one Retirement age for that employment group), which means if there is still some pilots left in Canada on COS99 a new agreement and a common RA has to be negotiated.
So there is a good chance for everyone in North America staying on COS99 to get RA65 anyways without signing COS08.
Last edited by GTC58; 22nd Apr 2009 at 03:01.