Originally Posted by
flyingkangaroo
The Union is even bringing picketing to job fairs which ASA goes and management has gone to the union asking for higher new hire pay to attract more guys. The union said no to this because that obviously wouldn't be fair to the entire pilot group.
So its ok to pay new hires poverty wages until everyone gets a raise? I'd think everyone would be for getting that initial pay up. I know I'd be ****ed at the senior guys if they decided that it wasn't fair to take first year pay from $20k to $28k or so. I think the union is being shortsighted on that one.
Now if the wages had a more linear relationship, I would agree with them completely. Giving the new guy another $5/hr makes a much bigger difference to him than the CA making $60+/hr.