The ex-Swissair guys refuse to accept that Crossair have taken them over because Crossair did not pay a brass bean for the Swissair equipment. It was given to them.
Sorry Stumpie, but the ex-Swissair equipment was
not given to us. We have to pay leasing fees just like everybody else. However, Swiss claims that it was able to negotiate very good leasing contracts in the wake of September 11th.
For as far as salaries are concerned it´s a direct concequence of the seniority issue. Instead of joining the Crossair salary list (and expanding the already existing Crossair salary list with a long range salary scale back on the 31st of March 2002) the ex-Swissair pilots were able to negotiate a seperate salary list, just for themselfs. This of course was not acceptable to the CCP, because if you are in one company, you should have one salary list (and benefits packages such as vacation) for the same group of employees. This has been explained by people like skypointer as if a Crossair pilot on the Saab 2000 should earn the same than a pilot on the MD11. This is pure nonsence, but we all know what happens if you tell a lie over and over and over... people eventuelly start believing it. It is the CCP´s goal to have one salary scale for the long range fleet and one salary scale for the European fleet.