Originally Posted by
abides
Forget longevity based pay. All FOs should be a single pay rate, locked to a percentage of WB/CA. Most of us gave up 200k plus a year to start here, it would be nice if ALPA and it’s carriers welcomed talented people by paying them a wage that is commiserate with their experience.
The seniority system screws more pilots than Lorenzo, and we just say “that’s the way it is”. We should be free to move our experience to another carrier, just like every union trade job. A 25 year plumber/carpenter makes a wage that matches experience. We live in an arcane system that punishes presumed disloyalty to the extreme advantage of operators worldwide.
nobody forced you to come here! Also as some have said most of you are In wide bodies not sitting sideways, we should not give up anything for new hire pay!