Originally Posted by
Smutter
All this did was increase pay for new hires(they have not suffered in the right seat for yrs.) And give captains A share of the quarterly bonus. Current fo's got nothing. Well 2500.00 for upgrade
That's one way to look at it. Another way is to realize that current FOs will upgrade and flow at a much faster rate with an increase in new hires. Especially now that AA wants 40/month from Envoy.
When a current Envoy FO is sitting in the cockpit at AA in a couple of years, I guarantee they won't care if they got a few extra bucks an hour at Envoy.
This will benefit everyone, from current pilots to new ones. Upgrades and flow will be such that other Regionals are going to have a very, VERY hard time competing with Envoy. Especially with the highest pay for new hires now.