Can you provide more details on how this can come to reality? My understanding of pilot pay is that management says, we're giving your pilot group $100M. The pilot union (composed of very senior pilots) then come up with a pay scale, present it to its pilots to vote, and that's how the scale comes about.

Now, if that is the case, then at the very best, there will be no increase for the senior years, particularly at the captain side of the scale, and an increase on the low FO side. At the worst, the seniors will take a pay cut, and move that excess over to the low FO side.

It seem to me to be the "let's help our own" mentality. This doesn't seem to be a "divide and conquer" mentality. For you to suggest this makes me think that NOBODY is going to give up any pay to help out the little guys coming through the door.

Correct me if I'm wrong or don't understand how this pay scale becomes reality.