Originally Posted by
fosters
Asking "what are we worth" and "what will the market bear" are two different questions, although they are connected. We are worth exactly what the market will bear, no more, no less.
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This is obvious. I based the $75K FO thing on what comparable upper-middle class educated professionals (engineer, IT, etc) make right out of school.
The market rate is determined by the lowest common denominator...the entry level pilot. Our unions may be able to have some affect on that by controlling who that entry-level pilot is...becoming more involved in hiring and by raising first year FO pay.