Originally Posted by MolineCFI

Tell me if I understand this correctly. Skywest and Expressjet (maybe others I don't know about) start giving longevity credit, and, knowing they had to be fair to their existing pilots, gave credit to their existing pilots too, for prior 121 experience.



To counter this, Gojet and Compass come up with what we might call, "Longevity Lite". The new hires get prior 121 credit but the the existing pilots with prior 121 experience don't.



So lets say a Compass pilot has been there for 2 years, is a captain, and spent 6 years at another 121, he is on 3rd year captain pay. If he quits and goes to Skywest, and takes a new hire captain slot in DTW, he would start at 7th year captain pay. He moves up 4 years on the scale from his Compass position.



If he quits, and goes back to Compass, he would be 7th year, but might have to spend a few months as an FO.



If he quits and goes to Gojet, he could be a direct entry captain on 7th year pay.



And the union considers this a good deal for what reason?



I would definitely go to Compass if I were an experienced 10 year captain at Expressjet. I would be on 11th year Captain pay and everyday take enjoyment calling the pilots there a bunch of idiots and at the same time they would all agree with me.



Sorry guys, Mr. Kanulius wins again.