I am sitting at Pei Wei with no where else to be for three hours; so, I asked "the google" and proprietary information is related to physical and intellectual property that can be patented or copy written. You're Welcome!

Considering that pay is a significant factor in joining this industry, and whether or not to contract hop, I am somewhat bewildered as to why the company is so close-hold on pilot pay. I understand that higher pay cuts into the bottom line and affects our competetiveness. I also get that other employees may feel slighted if the pilots get a raise and other positions don't.

There are, however, external market factors affecting our ability to recruit and retain the best qualified pilots; which directly translates into flying our contractual requirements or failing to do so. It should be easy to explain to the mechanics and ops staff that they may lose their jobs if pilots aren't paid more to sign on and stay.

Our PIC rates have gone up about 13% and IP rates 18% in the last 3 years. MAG and Leidos, in order to hire and retain pilots in competition with both us and the airlines, have done a great job increasing the Net Pay on my W2.

Put the actual rates out there. Start an OCONUS DoD contractor section on APC and the resume stack just may start getting taller. It surely can't hurt. I get that we can't directly compete with the Majors, but we can use pay and benefits to poach from other contractors and recruit regional FOs looking for PIC time and the money to repay student loans.