Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
The only realistic way I can envision raising regional pay is to top off Captain pay lower. Squeeze the payscales towards the middle. People might say guys like Jonathan Ornstein are the devil, but really, is what he said here that unreasonable?
A top heavy seniority list of old Captains at a regional seems like a legitimate problem for both airline management and all the guys trying to flow through to a major ASAP. Lower Captain pay at a regional would encourage these guys to move on, improve flow, and enable significantly higher starting wages for the many multitudes of people coming and going at the starting FO pay.
I understand a few of these guys have special circumstances where it doesn't make sense to move on to a major, but can anyone explain why some regionals (Mesa, etc) have so many senior Captains who refuse to leave? And I don't mean to bash any senior regional Captains, just a legitimate and sincere question.
That's exactly how it should be. Cap the pilot pay at 10 years max. Maybe even start reducing it after 10 years longevity to encourage the deadwood to move on. A 10 year RJ pilot should be capped at 65k max with FO's starting at around 40k then capped at around 50k. A regional is not meant to be a career. Anyone that can't cut it after a certain amount of time should be shown the door.
