1st of all... Past couple years majors have paid FFD /WO deplorable wages. Its starting to rise. No new hire, no FO, no upgrade, no CA. Its all perspective man. CA should get paid like you said & their fair share of the honey pot.

Which airline do you work @? Are you a CA? Just wondering if your feeding flames in the wilderness trying to negate any, and ALL positivity occuring at Envoy (on all levels). Many on here who have 0 stake at Envoy's success or failure. Many are on Envoy Bash party waggon. Things are changing.... lets see.

I'm new @ Envoy property, i'm positive from what i hear, FO's & CA want folks coming in behind them in flood gates. The sooner that happens, the quicker they upgrade and flow & get on AA property before peak AA retirement/hiring begins.

I see 4 aimming points/target goal in the letter. All will help CA on property.

1. Higher pay to match leaders (RAH, Endeavor) to attract Recruitment.
2. Retention/Attrition, pay increase for FO's and CA (prevents 2nd yr FO from making less than newhire). CA rentention bonus/pay. To keep them from leaving jumping ship early for LLC DL, UAL, like others have said.
3. TO improve metric numbers and projections for flows so that upgrade and flow times decrease. Which helps CA move on to AA faster including 12-15yr CA.

My positive POV on the letter (fact), vs your negative interpretations.