Originally Posted by
FahQ2
First year pilots are on property. Prospective pilots are not.
As we grow and new hires spend longer on the right seat and longer on reserve, shoring up the mid level FO pay gap and some sensible reserve flexibility is what will keep people here.
Fill that insurance gap? I’m all for it.
Incentivizing recruitment? That’s on management.
The Union has a duty under the NLRA to represent ALL pilot employees, including first year pilots. When they are negotiating contracts that pay first year pilots less than many first year pilots at regionals are getting, they are failing in that duty. Nobody is saying anything about giving prospective new hires signing bonuses, just paying them once they are hired. But you are right about the insurance gap. And the training pay? $1750 a month? That’s ridiculous. When was that last raised?