They payscales should go theoretically 42 years. Not 12. that has never made any sense. Actually it should be a percentage raise for every year you are on the property. The newhire gains his QOL by continuing to convert O2 to CO2. With every year he gets more money, and he gets to choose whatever airplane suits his lifestyle the best. His "seniority" will be relative to the hiring rate of the company. Right now, they guys being hired today are going to have careers you and I only dreamed about. We have a window to fix the retardation we have now where the downside will not even be noticed. If this was industry standard, mergers would be a snap. This is the only thing (aside from jumpseat) we do that is NOT seniority driven. Why?


So let me ask you this: Would you still fly the 777 if you could get paid the same $$ for flying something that would allow you to be home every night or go to better destinations? If not, then the only conclusion is that you have big shiny jet syndrome (or a girlfriend in NRT ). I have heard countless guys say they would fly a C172 if it paid enough. Well, I would like to see them prove that.