Originally Posted by
Yak02
Yes, this is the propaganda spewed from ALPA for the last 55 plus years that I have grown up under an ALPA contract (from a family of ALPA Pilots). This was true when we had Defined Benefit Retirement plans and a large percentage of retired Military Pilots joining the profession in their 40's. it was important to reach maximum pay when you were within 5 years of mandatory retirement age of 60.
Today we don't have these retirement programs and the majority of pilots are being hired in their twenties and thirties. Different times now and we should have a different pay scheme. Don't you think a 30 year pilot should make more than a 12 year pilot? What difference does it make what size airplane you fly. The size of the airplane doesn't represent the profitability of the job your performing. As a matter of fact today, the domestic airplanes are carrying the money losing Wide Body fleet at United.
Like I have said before, we need to start thinking outside the box and don't let tradition take us down the Rabbit Hole again and again.
Put down the crack pipe. The guppy is not carrying the 777.
30 yr pilot should have more OPTIONS on how they want to work now than a 12 yr pilot. That is exactly what the current system provides. They can chose more pay or more QOL. Even a combination of both.
Bigger/faster = more pay. It's the most basic of concepts.
If they box isn't broken you don't need to fix it.
Is your name Leonard or Jeff?????? If you're really a 787 CA I'm guessing your an 83-85 hire.