Originally Posted by
jtf560
The FOs over 400K are 16+ years with the company in the large cabin fleets with 17 year pay scales and could be captain up through at least the Lattitude. I made well over 300K the last 2 years and am in year 17 now as an SIC. I worked a little over 200 days both years. The high extended day rate really cranks it up, but you are definitely working way more days for the money than at the airlines.
Live to work vs work to live. Since July '21 we have had too many of the former. The LOA signed last month fixed the 17-year HBA problem. It also reduced what little leverage we had to get an IBI sooner rather than later from the company. Making the VED/VAWD rate permanent plugs staffing holes for the company. It also makes after-midnights a non-event other than a potential Q-day. Long game vs short term. Sending the same people to the negotiating table for a fifth time doesn't give me high hopes either.