Originally Posted by
mazerRack
"The Negotiating Committee met with the Company yesterday for most of the day and appears to have made some notable progress. The NC will be presenting to the entirety of the SAPA board next week at the meeting in LAX. The NC believes we are close and hopes to have further updates after the meeting next week."
As nebulous as this is, it's at least vaguely different than the exact same updates we've gotten the last however many weeks. That said, "keep your expectations in the realm of reality" - SAPA.
I'd expect FO pay to at least match Air f'ing Wisconsin's 60/hr starting pay and I will be shocked if it's a dollar more. No idea what captains will get.
I think its going to be complicated. Pilots want money and QOL. Company is going to want retention so they do not spend the millions they currently are on training people to have the leave in a few months- before they upgrade so they can get the future captain his first 1000 hours of 121 time.
Rather than simple pay scale increases and solid QOL improvements- I think it will be complicated with time and performance requirements