Originally Posted by Lakeaffect

Concerning the lopsided pay scales that were proposed which are out of whack with the rest of the industry, I've been told from a rep that it's too expensive to bring the junior captains up to par. So basically the company is saying we can pay a minority of the captains industry average or slightly less only if we can pay a majority of our captains way below industry. If this is the thought process what's gonna happen at some point down the road when a majority of the captains are on the top side of the scale? Is it then gonna be too expensive and thus the top end will be brought down and the bottom end will come up? This is not a junior vs. senior rant by any means. I certainly think the senior pilots should be compensated better than the junior pilots to the extant that the industry sets. United, American, Southwest, Alaska, Southwest, JetBlue, and Virgian have a majority of their captains either topped out or if not topped out making a slightly less rate than top pay. So how can those companies afford to pay fairly across the board but spirit can not?