Originally Posted by
calmwinds
$32.99 the industry FO! That was their starting point? Our negotiators can't even get their facts straight or are simply too lazy to do the necessary research.
It is pretty simple, there aren't that many regionals flying for AA or UA. Their FO pay is public. Just do a little research before you hit us with asinine statistics.
32.99 is industry standard. Pay rates on Airline Pilot Central are not accurate to contracted pay rates with FOs. This information was derived from the ALPA contract archives. We didn't just make this number up. Research was done. Maybe do some more research rather than just using APC.
For example: the contract pay rates for Envoy is 25.84 (2015-2017) then 26.10 (2018). Envoy has an LOA that starts FO's at year 4 which is 39.78 (2015 - 2017).
ALPA is always looking for volunteers. I suggest you give it a try.