It is being addressed in current contract negotiations. The contract is amendable at the end of the year. It should go up a lot.

Don't be held back by first year pay at any airline. I'm not arguing that it should be low. It is way too low, but it's temporary. We have pilots with CAL less than three years and make $147/hr. Think long term. You don't know the future. The higher paying airline of today can be the low paying airline of tomorrow and visa versa. Go where you want without getting hung up on a few dollars. Life is too short to worry about it. In the mean time, we'll fight for a raise for all pilots at CAL (newhires included).