Originally Posted by Excargodog

The reason for the attrition isn’t the year one pay, it’s the subsequent pay that costs junior CAs and more senior FOs. And paying newbies a reasonable wage won’t stop that attrition. It just makes it more costly for management to fail to address it. That’s more leverage than simply screwing over newbies for the sake of tradition.

And yeah, it’s only one year, but you can say the same thing for EVERY year up until year 12. Why not screw over year six guys, if it’s only one year? That logic makes just as much sense as yours.

As for year three upgrades, you seriously think that will survive the SLI?