Originally Posted by
Likeabat
With the exception of perhaps an odd startup, all published payscales for US Airlines are years with the company (not years in seat) - so like Pilot said, if you upgrade after 5 years you will get 5 year captain pay. The published "year 1 Captain" number is generally meaningless because nobody upgrades in their first year (with extremely rare exceptions, of course). .
Not true. At my previous airline, you went to year 1 when you upgraded to captain. It's not common, but it does exist. I only knew of 2 airlines where this was the case, and that other airline changed years ago, to years with the company. Not sure about my former employer, but if I had to guess I'd say they were still that way.