Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I have a bigger problem with a new hire making less money flying an MD-88 than I make flying the exact same aircraft. Longevity should not even be in the equation anymore. It handcuffs us to our particular airline thus reducing our leverage to the point that we are willing to take ridiculous pay cuts to avoid starting over at year 1.
I get that to a point. However, what would your proposal be to reward those that have been here awhile? Do you really believe that a newhire should make the same coin as a guy that has been here 25 years? If you are using that as justification to keep the bigger pays more mantra, how do you propose luring quality newbies to DAL? UAL has 3 times the number of super premium flying we have, and retirements/growth going forward will blow ours out of the water. It's mostly -not all- about the Benjamins once you are in the door, and if a new guy is gonna spend 12 years in a super premium acft vs 3... how can you sell that?