Originally Posted by DrunkIrishman
I think it is a Union issue that needs to be negotiated. Unfortunately, it sounds like the Union is not interested in negotiating it and popular opinion is for people to suck it up. Sad.
As I mentioned upthread, the IPA attempted to negotiate higher pay for first-year pilots beyond the 14.65% DOS raise everybody got; UPS wasn't interested in doing so. UPS also wasn't interested in slightly lowering the 2nd year rate to increase the first year rate (which would cost NO money, and actually save them a little in second year defined contribution payments).
Put another way, here is a quote I was told over a decade ago by a UPS manager: "Second year pay-on is what the IPA can negotiate, first year pay is what UPS thinks you are worth."