Sorry I think I am not being very clear. In our expiring TA, we had a $22-$24 range. That expired and that is why the company was so eager to get a new deal done. In the new TA we just signed, we agreed to let the company pay first year $30 and raise it to $36.50 during the TA period. But hidden in the language was if the company wants to go above $36.50, they no longer need to add it to a TA and have the pilots vote on it. They simply just have to have SAPA sign off on the increase.

As NVUS mentioned, once it gets much more than that, it will start to be the same as 2nd year pay. However, the company can just decide to do signing bonuses. These signing bonuses will make first year pay more than most of our FO's get paid. The company has decided and 60% of our pilots agree, that new hires deserve way more of our profits than the pilots that have been here for years.