Originally Posted by
Gunfighter
Are you being paid to promote the idea that a "signing bonus" is upfront compensation for a pilot contract? This audience you are speaking to views it as partial payment of overdue wages from 2020, 2021 and 2022. If the payment comes on top of back wages as a payment toward work performed in 2023 and beyond, you may have a receptive audience. Negotiate a signing bonus for upfront pay on a Captain upgrade and you may get a favorable response. In the context of an overdue contract "signing bonus" is synonymous with partial payment of overdue debt.
Full disclosure: of course I’m being paid to articulate Money 101. Me and Laughter are big buddies.
I’m curious, do you simply speak whatever pops up in your mind, or do you give it a dry run to check against cognitive dissonance?
You have a choice to make if you can’t get full retro, as defined in above posts. You can get the past money due to you day 1, or you can get it gradually over the duration of the contract. Which one is worth more in purchasing power?
I’m sorry if this comes off as condescending, but this is very basic stuff.