Originally Posted by Omniscient

I could make the same argument the other way....”how much should a senior airline pilot with 20+ years experience sacrifice in wages, when approaching retirement, so that a new hire can get double the raise of those hired 2 years before him.” Should the senior pilot have saved more for retirement so that the pay decrease wouldn’t be an issue? Could I make the same argument of the new hire and saving?
How much less would you take an hour to increase first year pay?? Serious question because it would not be increased more, without a cut somewhere. Or should the pilot group refuse to sign any contract that doesn’t have higher first year pay? Should on property pilots draw a line to raise first year pay, because in sure the recruiting department would love that as well.

Stand by what I said, first year pay isn’t close to perfect but highly doable and I know this because most all of us did it at $38!

If you can’t swing it, no problem, but don’t expect the pilot group at large to take less to supplement hiring and growth.

You can reply with your standard hysteria and hyperbole about how nobody cares etc....