Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Pay scales max at 12 years. They will pay whoever is in those seats the same for the most part regardless of hire age.
So if they hire someone at 45, they'll pay them the top of the scale for 8 years, if they decide/are able to upgrade. A 30 year old hire will be paid the top level for 23 years.
Overall, it's probably not even one of their considerations, it just seems like a 30 year old hire incurs much larger future labor costs than an older hire. There are certainly pros and cons to hiring both types of people and this is just one aspect of the decision. I'm sure they want a wide spread of people and backgrounds.