Originally Posted by
Sr. Barco
You guys have all the leverage. Think about it for a minute, if an entire seniority list walked off the job (in a legal job action of course) who could replace them? You even have the media on your side which is unbelievable. Imagine the headline: "Pilots of XYZ airline walk off the job in protest of $22,000/year starting pay." This subject has gained serious traction. You are doing the right thing by escalating it. If not now then when?
Pilots don't need to walk away from the job to change the starting pay of $22k, they just to need to ask for a higher starting pay..
If you think and believe that the $22k starting pay is because that is what management pays.....
WRONG
This is what the negotiating committee, basically senior pilots, asks the management to pay the new hires...
Anyone who doesn't believe or agree with this, still needs to learn a lot about managements unions and organized labor...