Originally Posted by
gold
32K starting pay is not competitive in this current labor market and the market will only continue to tighten. Less than 5% of the pilot group moving to AA annually is not solid career progression.
50K starting pay is competitive (Endeavor). 10% of the group moving to AA every year is competitive (Piedmont).
The short upgrades did the trick 6-18 months ago. Now the company needs more to attract and retain in this competitive and tightening market.
American has the money to make us competitive. Our MEC understands our leverage and market conditions. I'd guess, three months or less and management's back with something better.
They would have been back in three months or less anyhow. Only difference is we the bean counters would have fact that 20k isn't enough. FOs would be getting their first 2500 pay out and we all would have had free commuter hotels tell then. Endeavor didn't start with 23k yearly. This was a greedy move by our union.
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