Originally Posted by
Phuz
Don't forget the race to the bottom at outsourced vendors never stops. Now fast forward five years and yes you will have fewer total RJ seat miles flying around but of course the RJs that are still operating will be larger on average. The pay rates? Well they will continue to decrease as long as the 'cheapest wins' model remains in effect. This matters because the 717 guys will have a hard time justifying 180/115 pay rates in future contracts when hundreds of 76 seaters are operated at $70/30.
The large RJ expansion will only serve to put further downward pressure on mainline wages.
FYP. While there will be some new hires in the right seat, the top half of the list will be much farther up in the right seat and the left will be at or near top scale for the vast majority of the list (even if there are some "junior" Captains at some point possibly maybe, most will be top scale)