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- Why has the Negotiating Committee yet to publish a pay step chart for what we proposed in our comprehensive economic proposal?
- What commuter improvements can we expect?
- The commitment from management on industry leading pay is great news! However, pay rates are only part of the picture – are we sacrificing work rules and benefits for leading pay rates?
- Can you clarify the pay components included in our Opening Proposal (Ground, Flight, Delay, Stranded)?
- Can you clarify insurance premiums in the Insurance Benefits tentative agreement?
- Why isn’t the Negotiating Committee publishing tentative agreements of each section?
- Management has lawyers at the negotiating table – why don’t we?
- Why is the Negotiating Committee working on the “boring but important” stuff first?
- What impact will the new Alaska pilot contract have on our negotiations?
- We need penalties when management violates our contract, doesn’t follow timelines, or has technical problems!
- There are too many restrictions on trading trips in Open Time – what improvements did we propose to gain more flexibility in our schedules?
- Has AFA United negotiated a starting pay rate of $40? We want that, too!