So let me get this straight. You don't want Republic to raise FO pay when it doesn't cost other pilots anything... You want to wait for negotiations where Republic will say in order to increase FO pay (which we have to do), we must get that money from somewhere else, like Captain pay? Remember that a contract is only worth so much money. How that pie of money is divided is a game of give and take.

I just don't understand your line of reasoning. Take the free money while you can.