Originally Posted by
Paid2fly
You sure have a lot to say for a new guy... There used to be a lot of career regionals that had great pay and benefits with lots of very senior pilots. Management, along with guys(like you) who didn't care about the profession and were willing to work for less helped to keep allowing lower and lower contracts instead of allowing improvements and better career opportunities. Do a little research on how things used to be at Golden West, Air Wisconsin(pay rates on their Bae 146 were well into 6 figures several decades ago) etc.
I've said it before, if JO, Hulas, and other bottom feeder management types couldn't get flight crews to work for them, they would have no other choice than to raise pay and benefits.
That is so far beyond reality I don't even know where to start.
Contract 2001 was the best contract AWAC had ever seen. In it, 146 rates topped out after 18 years at $135/hr if you include the steps that were to happen. However, the pay never got there because in 2003 concessions were taken.
AWAC was a good company and rates were higher than most (which were paying peanuts back then, in the mid-teens) but it WAS not what you are making it out to be.