Originally Posted by
iahflyr
Another classic case of the senior folks trying to screw the junior folks. Republic is offering to increase pay to RJ FO's (who are the most underpaid in the industry) without taking anything away from the senior pilots, and the senior pilots are trying to fight it???
Next time someone complains about how low RJ FO's are paid, you have no one to blame but yourself.
I don't have a dog in the fight, but looking at the bigger picture, it is obvious that RAH management is increasing pay (skewed for the first few years) to attract new hires because they are not showing up for class! The pilots union is trying to use this as leverage, if they allow the company to just make small changes to the contract here and there to fit their desires then you will never see a contract, 5 dollars an hour is a large amount of money, we are talking somewhere between 350 & 500 dollars a month, and we are talking and increase of over 20% in pay. But having those rates locked in on the contract is worth more than this! With AMR looking to "diversify" their feed, your management will be pressed to have agreement in place and be able to show they can staff the airline, now if Eagle gives the boot to a few 100's then RAH shouldn't have an issue getting a few 100's pilots, but this is leverage that the union can use!