Well we have a new contract. Signed in 2013. If the company wants to sweeten the deal for new hires they are going to have to negotiate pay raises for all. We are unionized. You can't just arbitrarily give increases in wages to one part of the pilot group.
In 2014 the company forced us to a 12 year pay cap. Making it the worst in the industry. They cheat with our critical pay and are dishonest with the reserve grid. We rarely get paid properly. These items need to be fixed prior to any negotiations for increases in first year pay. The pilots on property need to be taken care of first. Management made this mess by being greedy and paying low wages for the past 15 years. Let them sweat trying to find labor.