Originally Posted by
Vprdrvr
Looking at the pay scales on APC, it looks like first year FO pay at AA or USAir is $40/hr while the brand new first year upgraded captain make $35! Unless I'm reading it wrong, first year newly upgraded captain doesn't fare too well with AA.
You carry your company longevity when you upgrade to CA. If you were a 9yr FO you would transition to 9yr CA payscale.
The 1yr AA CA exists only on paper. They would have to put newhires into the Captain seat for that payrate to be used (actually, US Airways is close to doing this)