Originally Posted by Albief15

YJ,

I am in agreement about bumping up the raises for the FOs in the next contract. My proposal is to "model" a few typical careers at FDX before the age change, and a realistic career after the change with the pilot STILL retiring at 60. Then take a look at the differences in the numbers...

There is no way to recoup that whole loss, nor should there be. The captain's position is (almost) everyone's goal, and we want our captains rewarded. However, I also think there is room to bump up the pay scale for those trapped on the low side of the age 60 upgrade curve. The battle will be of course where we get the money...who gives up something?

I think there has got to be a way to share the "windfall" that some at our company will now reap. I'll probably get told to "stuff it", but with enough support from the junior blocks I don't think its unreasonable. Right now I think only 2 MEC reps or MEC reps elect are FOs. However, whenever the union has negotiatied, they always say "no one gets a free pass, and nobody gets left behind" I'm not the only guys only 100 numbers away from narrow body captain that will probably be waiting in the wings another 3-5 years, and I think there is enough "gravy" in those 5 extra years to share with some whose career expectations have taken a sudden setback.

Start throwing out some (reasonable) ideas. The whole "I won't eat with you, you are a greedy bastard" chat won't fix anything. However, maybe together we can mitigate some of the career damage.