Originally Posted by
NineGturn
I'm sorry but that's not how it works. What would happen is that starting salaries would tend to level out across the board. Average pay for first officers would go up based on market demand. The system of becoming a captain on a regional jet to qualify as a first officer on a mainline jet would go away.
Then how do you explain the rest of the industry that does not have a seniority system? I have seen it before with a King Air. A King Air operator shows up and says he needs an FO for his charter. He is offering $100 a day. It won't take long for a CFI to offer to do the job for free just to get some turbine time so he can find a real job that pays more later. There is no seniority system there.