Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
Preach it brotha!!! Could not have said it better myself.
I think the "animosity" or "holier than thow" attitude a lot of you guys attribute to XJT pilots is more accurately described as frustration. We are frustrated at how low some others (not talking about RAH specifically here) have set the bar and the unwillingness to change that because you all see the "regionals" as a stepping stone. Please, open your eyes. As long as there are pilot groups are out there willing to fly 70-90 seaters for regional pay, those are mainline jobs that have been outsourced to the "regional" level.
You know our contract was post 9/11 when it was definitly hitting the fan in the industry right? The 170's weren't part of it as I understand. I think they did an excellent job considering what was going on in the industry. I asked about XJT's prior to 9/11 and was told this.
I remember it was contract 97.
newhire pay was 18.99 hr when I was hired in 2000.
2nd year Jet FO 27.74.
I do remember 2nd year ATR captain was 46.00.
As for the BE1, and E120 ????
5th year jet captain I think was 58.08 I think...
Those are some crazy figures. My point is that your new contract was negotiated based on where the other companies were standing. Your extra couple bucks an hour didn't show up till recent. With RAH making great money I think we'll all be very happy with our new contract and should be something we're all proud of yet again raising the industry standards.