Originally Posted by
elmetal
Newhire pay is a recruiting tool that the company needs to pony up. The MEC doesn't represent people before they're hired, and to negotiate pay for those not on property would be doing a disservice to the pilots they actually represent.
I completely disagree with this. This was our opportunity not to bring up the ladder behind us. The company will never do the right thing and if we were recruiting guys on that pay before the contract we will now too. This is not the dues paying level of the industry.