Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

I've thought the exact same thing for years.





If the airline can't afford to pay, the airline does not need to exist. I personally think longevity pay should be taken away. I don't think it's right that pilots make different amounts of money flying the exact same plane at the exact same airline. I make close to $100/hour while a new hire makes around $55/hour to do the exact same job. Our maximum pay on the aircraft should be the pay for everyone. Then switching airlines would not be so hard financially on us. As it is now, the bigger aircraft pay more money. Let pilots use their seniority to bid to bigger aircraft thus making more money. Let me be clear. In my system, the pay is based on our current maximum pay scales. I don't want anyone to take a pay cut. I want the bottom guys brought up. It would take a real union to make this happen. We don't have that.