Originally Posted by
Waitingformins
You are right. I wonder though, if your per seat pay is closer if you use early 2000 mainline pay scales. I think their Quid pro quo contracts are younger due to BK. Also do you think it would work well if AAG offered Eagle the 12/4 caps with American seniority numbers, and offered any current pilot a 50 % seniority gain at American? That would help the balance the books over night.
I.e. a 16 year eagle captain could move to year 8 American FO pay scale.
I prefer to not reference 15 year old pay scales. Any number of solutions are possible at Eagle. Certainly better solutions than what was offered. I am not an expert on Eagle issues, just know that the root problems management has on their plate are the same everywhere, and the solutions should hopefully end up looking similar everywhere. They have to somehow get pilots to show up (good career expectations) and then pay them to keep showing up (career delivery). It's really simple.
And there should never be 4 year pay caps anywhere. Ever.