Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
Good luck with your line of reasoning. I'll give you a hint. It won't get far.
Newer medical and legal professionals work FAR harder than their senior peers for far less money. Far more so than in this industry. I knew one (now) senior and respected physician who told me that in her intern year she spent something like nine DAYS away from the hospital, all for a pittance in salary.
Sometimes that's just life in this world, far beyond this industry. I don't think you'll get much traction from a position that states that a new hire should make the same as a current 777A.
No one ever said a new hire should get 777A pay. That was your invention. A big difference between the medical, dental or corporate world and being an airline pilot is that our career progression is based on seniority not merit. In most other professions, working long hours is part of establishing your reputation early in hopes of advancement. Generally after a decade, the trajectory is set. Our current 12 year pay tables are a close approximation to that model. Beyond that point, increases in pay come from moving up to a higher paying seat.