Originally Posted by
Tjr0806
Key words there. The company both mainline and the regionals do not want to pay regional pilots more. Kirby flat out said they want the regionals to be a stepping stone to the majors. Of course they'd rather utilize the money for mainline pilots. It however does not take a rocket scientist to play the system here. I fly 80-85ish hours per month and credit 130-140 with SAP.
Ok so what's your point? Are you justifying why you plan to stay there? You see the regionals are a money losing necessity that's needed to assist in filling the highly profitable mainline ships. Therefore keeping cost down on a losing necessity is a must, that is why the regionals will NEVER be a solid lucrative career.
Regardless I do think they can pay more even with the regionals being positioned as a stepping stone.
The reason why Mgmt. wants first year pay raised from $40 to $68 is because it cost far more to train a pilot and then watch them leave for DL or UA than pay a bit more in order to retain them.