Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
The issue of pilots moving between companies is entirely due to union contracts and the definition of seniority. If your SKW captain leaves for Southwest, he has a Date of Hire of the lowest seniority pilot, starts at Year 1 pay as a First Officer.
But that seniority system is of necessity, lesser evil. Could be improved by a national list though.
But legacy new-hire pay at least is trending so most regional CA's don't have to take a huge paycut.
Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
Rickair777,
I’m not so sure about that pay. I started flying a Citation as an F/O for a charter outfit in 1980 for $12,000 per year which an inflation calculator tells me is $35,944 in 2017 money. I had to peel resumes off the plane each morning. That 12 grand was big money for a hard to find job then.
GF
That's closer to 40 years ago. Twenty years ago it was maybe $15K?
I guess it did stay around $19K for quite a while.