Old 08-02-2014 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by LGARunway44
I have been getting ALPA e-mails all week saying the issue was partly due to first year FO pay. I have yet to see any ALPA MEC negotiate and be successful with raising first year pay. I can't imagine any regional MEC has even tried to raise first year pay. ALPA simply does not care to raise the bar. Pay increase come in percentages and new hires best not spend their meager increases in one place. When you have a group like Endeavor willing to cap FO pay years before any of them can imagine an upgrade I don't think we need to rally congress to change things when we can't even fix the Bush League.
Here at CommutAir we signed a LOA in March that increased FO starting pay from $23 to $30 an hr. It has definitely helped with getting applicants into the door. The LOA also had a really good commuting clause so I'm sure that is helping as well
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