Originally Posted by Avro85

In 2000, UAL inked a deal that put the Airbus rate of a maxed out captain in year four of the CBA at ≈$253/HR. Today, that number would be, adjusted for inflation, a little over $400/hr. Some airline pilots might see that number, but they won't be working for Spirit/JetBlue/Frontier. I hope we see actual gains but I've been around long enough to expect to keep working this job for less compensation year over year.

And to the easily replaced, I think so. Spirit pilots are self trained. The Airbus was designed for 0 time new hires. Add a few more sims, actual systems class and voila! A pilot is born.