Originally Posted by ShortBusRider

As much as we all know cinco is a 42 year old virgin that tucks his shirt into his underwear, he’s not arguing against raising 1st year pay. Remembering that when the current contract was signed, it was a different era, and 1st year pay being low wasn’t uncommon. Even then, from what I understand, no one was happy about the 1st year pay. If the company wanted to pay 1st year a normal pay rate, they had the opportunity during the last negotiations. As a pilot group, we shouldn’t let the company off the hook by allowing just 1 pay rate increase. The entire pay scale needs to be competitive.