Originally Posted by
PositiveRate20
If I'm correctly understanding what's written here, I think it's incorrect. Per LOA 4, first year FO pay can be increased up to 98.5% of of second year FO pay. IMO, this is latitude that never should've been given to the company. We've allowed them to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions without having to come to the table to do so.
Right. Except that they can do the signing bonus anyhow. It's actually kind of surprising they didn't start with the signing bonus before going the route of the 1st year pay raise