Originally Posted by
cencal83406
Your comment doesn't make any sense...
At your adopted airline, taking a 12 year CA and comparing with a 12 year FO on the 717, shows FO pays 68.4% of CA pay. This 68% holds true across that airframe all the way to 777 pay at 12 year.
At Air Wisconsin, the year 16 pay for an FO is 47.4% of CA pay.
If ALPA would adopt a 68% policy, you would see year 16 FO pay at $65.96 compared to $97.00 for CA.
Or, based on ALPA stating that we have no leverage (and the fact that unions tend to be more along the lines of your "Obama" critique), the 68% values at year 16, with no increase in the pot, would be: $57 for FO, $84 for CA.
These values, while "spreading the wealth" would fall more in line with the DAL pay scales with the consideration of a smaller pot to divvy out.
I assume you will be leading the charge to decertify ALPA and utilize a direct relationship with DAL management, since you are against "Obama style liberalism" (which you support by being an ALPA member). Of course, if you are a non-member paying a contract MX fee, I commend you for following your views in your actions.
Yes it holds true if you are a maxed out FO but you are comparing apples to oranges. I'm at 5th year pay and just now am making 60% Captain pay. Year 1 @ Delta I only made 31% Capt pay and year 20 was 56% Capt pay. I guess I should be *****izing because I'm not making 68% Capt pay, what an outrage!!!!