No one should have to “suffer” through a year of poor financial compensation. What kind of person thinks that way? That’s exactly the reason recruiting is going to flat line. No one will come here to “financially suffer” for a year when they can live comfortably where they are at till they get picked up by a legacy.

Having lower first year pay is a management tactic to incentivize people to stay more than a year with much higher pay on the horizon. I don’t disagree with that kind of strategy but the current gap is exceptionally wide and could be narrowed a bit.

Bottom line it should never be an acceptable idea to have first years suffer just to feed the top of the pay scale. It should never be a bargaining chip in the first place their are other bargaining powers available to the union