The EMB145 costs about $5000.00/hr to operate that number includes fuel, maintenance, and pilots. A typical XJT crew pulls in about $90 /hr for both CA and FO. That is less than 2% of the total cost per hr to fly that aircraft not including management costs. It is beyond belief that increasing pilot pay is an unreasonable request especially given the current environment of record profits in this industry.

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