“Let’s talk controller pay”, then talks about drones for 5 minutes
“Let’s talk controller pay”, then talks about drones for 5 minutes
Let’s Talk Controller Pay!!
(I really don’t wanna talk about pay)
“Let’s talk controller pay”, then talks about drones for 5 minutes
I thought the same thing. Saw the video and thought FINALLY. And then listened to 7 minutes of nothing.
“Let’s talk controller pay”, then talks about drones for 5 minutes
So we have three opportunities...CBA January 2026, ABACUS (after years of delay) unknown date, and the TCI with more than 16 known enhancements over 8 years but still no negotiation or date to when that will take place.
All I heard was he knows every metric for pay is outdated and has been for years but he is in no hurry to get any of it solved. This career is a short career when it comes to years work. We can't afford mistakes and outdated pay for years. We can't wait 10 years to negotiate a new contract or bank on promises of programs that have UNKNOWN dates.
So Rich says there’s basically no opportunity to get us the massive raise we need until Jan 2026. Then talks about drones in Kansas City for 5 mins.
Sorry but that doesn’t seem like you should be leading this union anymore. None of the line controllers give a fuck what symposium on drones you went to, when were all working 6 days a week talking to major airline pilots who work 10 days a month and all just got like a 30% raise.
Find some way to even ask for the bag. Rinaldi and Gilbert are getting theirs, and this dumb ass extension was supposedly their idea. Where’s the payout for the Controllers? Absolute joke.
So Rich says there’s basically no opportunity to get us the massive raise we need until Jan 2026. Then talks about drones in Kansas City for 5 mins.
Sorry but that doesn’t seem like you should be leading this union anymore. None of the line controllers give a fuck what symposium on drones you went to, when were all working 6 days a week talking to major airline pilots who work 10 days a month and all just got like a 30% raise.
Find some way to even ask for the bag. Rinaldi and Gilbert are getting theirs, and this dumb ass extension was supposedly their idea. Where’s the payout for the Controllers? Absolute joke.
Yeah man.
That guy on here with the link to the form to drop out of the union….. Thought he was acting a little bit premature, I was going to give it to at least 2025 and see what happens. If there would be a pay adjustment to justify staying in the union.
But I think today is a line of demarcation, we will just get fucked in 2026, it is probably smarter to pull out in January and bank the 1.4% for an extra two years. If you put that in the TSP or a post tax IRA it will be a significant amount by the end of your career.
You may get an idea of how the next contract negotiations will turn out as early as this year. The extensions for the Light Blue (2011 - mostly Region X) and Purple (2013 - some Region X, some staff 2152s) Books, which were signed at the same time as for the Slate Book, expire in July 2024. I have to believe the union has already been conducting mock negotiation sessions.
That’s a really good observation. I think NATCA will fuck with us though. Everyone knows the Slate book and FAA controllers are the only ones that matter. NATCA don’t care about those other books and people anymore then FCT controllers.
So maybe they get a one time 5% or less salary bump for them. Then when everyone is freaking out, they say “don’t worry, we will take care of our core people and have years left to negotiate the new white book”. Then it will come out with the same 5% raise.
Just like other books were extended without negotiations before the ATC one last time.
So Rich says there’s basically no opportunity to get us the massive raise we need until Jan 2026.
Remember in Mick’s first or second pay video he said they can address the CBA “in 2025, at the latest”. I wonder if they pulled that video or if you can still find it.
