Originally Posted by
ComAirColonel
New hires get 10,000 extra. Current captains making, say 70/hr get a possible 2.5 hours x 12 months x 70 hours = $4200 if they were able to do that every month. Realistically, cut that in half and you end up with 2100 and gave them an extra 6 days of your year.
I thought this was a pretty good raise until I saw the math error. At 2.5 extra hours per month times 12 months times 70 per hour it only equals $2100 not $4200. So if you could only do this 6 months a year you would get only 1050. $4200 didn't sound bad but the 1050 extra for 6 days more of work is not worth it. Basically, for 1050, a pilot will be stuck with the current contract for an extra year or so.
I guess when you have adjusted to working for nothing you can be controlled with only a few extra dollars.
"I'm hungry as hell and I need the extra dollar today! The new contract will have to wait!"