Originally Posted by
Fixnem2Flyinem
I honestly don’t see what the big deal is, if someone is happy to stay at a regional then that is okay. Just 7 years ago it was taking the better part of a decade for people to even upgrade at a regional. They let life happen in the meantime, and not everyone wants to take a financial hit even for a year or two to go to a major. Chances are those folks now have kids in high school, saving for college or maybe a mortgage that doesn’t allow a pay cut from 120k down to 50-80k.
We have to remember that in almost every other industry, a top out pay of 130-140k is pretty damn good money, we as airline pilots .0002% of the population seem to lose sight of that.
Pretty much. But as you say, almost every other industry involves an immediate PAY RAISE when moving on to bigger and better.
Not till recently is there even a hint of “parity”, or a minimal pay loss when moving on.
Remeber that brief little hiring stint in 2007-2008?
FedEx, DAL, and SW has the highest new hire pay, around 40-45/hr
NW, USair, and CAL, and UAL were still sucking hind titty below $40/hr.
Granted, those hired are sitting pretty now. Except for the USAir, L-CAL, and 2 time L-UAL furloughs that had to endure that sting in the recession.