Originally Posted by
otter1
You are correct. I don't like what I'm hearing (admittedly secondhand so it could be incorrect) that the company can pay only a few above industry average. The Union should not agree to that. We need to fix the slope of the pay scale, not make it worse! So in effect the company is saying:
The vast majority of pilots, those who are currently the furthest below industry average, can not get a small raise so that a small group of captains at the top of the pay scale, already closer to industry average, can get a huge raise.
Have you given any consideration to the thought that this is the way the mgmt. and (to a slight extent senior union leadership) want it?
If the payscale encourages a small majority of junior people to "move on" before they become senior people, then you get a huge labor discount by operating the airline at a significant juniority as compared to it's competition. This means more money for the most senior and mgmt. alike.