Originally Posted by
newarkblows
the company will "cave" into the pilot group, only after making them work under their current pay rates for as long as possible. when i mean cave your barely going to see a couple % points a year which is about on par with every other regional but the company will still manage to keep them flying 70 seaters for a lot less then they and anybody flying 70 seater's deserve. the union will tout this as a great victory, most pilots will think they have won even tho they are only making 20 grand a year flying a 70 seater, and management will have really won in the end.
yeah i am sure everyone thinks its great you have 70 seaters... too bad if that flying was done by a 100 seater both pilots would be making twice to triple what your bringing home. no disrespect to rah. i am just ****ed at how some people view regionals as a great place to retire because they get to fly a "big" airplane
There is a pay rate for the 175 that actually is a decent increase over the 145 and 170. The breakdown is at 70 seats (I'll have to check my contract). Since the 175 has like 76 or something like that, the pay goes up. I think the fact that we have the pay scale for the 190 keeps some sticking around. It is mostly the people who have been here the longest. The newer captains I've flown with are all trying to get on with a major.