Originally Posted by
BeaglePilot
You tell me recently what airline has raised their FO pay to attract more qualified folks.
Lets see...ASA and PNCL have both tried but since they were in contract negotiations that got biiach-slapped down as a management violation of Status Quo.
NetJets was voting on a pay package where first year FOs would make well over $65k.
Piedmont has offered $5000 bonuses for newhires, RAH offered $2500 bonuses.
The saab has 34 seats, what do you want 90 seat pay?
Nope...but I (and many others who have and/or are considering working for Colgan) would like to see FOs get another couple bucks per hour to fly that 1900 or Saab because that would likely attract enough qualified pilots that people like yourself wouldn't have to be hired off the street as Captain.
You realize that FO pay for the Q400 at Colgan is
less than half of captain rates, right?