"You mistake the difference between what I desire as a final outcome, and the strategy I would employ to get there. Ultimately it is the COMPANY'S responsibility to staff the airline. It is the COMPANY'S responsibility to attract and retain pilots. Day 1 of section 6 the company would LOVE for you to fix THEIR attraction and retention problem by offering up a reduction in expectations for the other 50%+ of the pilot group to finance an increase for FO pay.. You would be their wet dream. In this environment where they can't staff the company, which is THEIR responsibility, and their business plans and promises to Wall Street don't work without staffing the company, you make it clear to them that you will give up NOTHING from your expectations for the other 50% of the pilot group. No robbing the captain to pay the FO on this one. And I guarantee you, that last, best final offer will magically have a competitive FO pay. That wasn't the case in the last cycle, predominantly for the ULCCs (which should tell you something about that business model), but it was for most of the rest of us, and WILL be the case this time."
This is you. #slipperyslope, #weareallpilots.