Originally Posted by
CzechAirman
The vast majority of regional newhires are entry level pilots. They are paid commensurate with the experience they bring to the job. If you want higher starting pay at the regionals, then it no longer becomes an entry level job as experienced pilots would be drawn to the position and therefore, the traditional inexperienced regional newhire would no longer be considered for the job.
What you guys want is for regional newhires with no experience to be paid like experienced pilots should be paid. You have to pay your dues and you can't have it both ways.
Not an entry-level job, just entry level pay. Pay the minimum, get the minimum out of people. It's easy for some to justify not paying a 'pilot' who can pass the checkride as being a commodity. "Safety" is a standard that every participant in the industry must meet, whether a ULCC, or an ultra-exclusive corporate product. Nothing unique here about the 'flying'. I can somewhat see parts of the logic.....but that falls apart.
However, we're also acting as representatives of the company, advocates for our passengers under certain situations, and most importantly, decision makers. IMO, that's where you see the fall-off in performance if you pay and treat people lousy. Try and quantify that. Hard to really care about whether the customer will come back when you're tired, hungry, and worrying about the credit card bill that includes your crashpad and commuting costs if that oh-so-benevolent-management-team-won't-let-you-nonrev-for-free-online.