Originally Posted by
flywest
All rates are based off 12 year captain rate. That's why it's important. Most will spend the majority of there time at the top rate as a captain. Unless you want to be a career FO.
Of course 12 year top of scale is important and all (most) pilots aspire to that.
His post however was about how for him, at this point in time, the $36 bump to
HIS pay rate resulting from the acquisition, is not worth the upheaval to his personal and professional life that it's about to cause.