Originally Posted by
SAABaroowski
Again I am not saying I deserve the right seat of a 75 over at CAL becuase I have been doing this for 3years, but an 1st year airline pilot should be making over 50,000.00 a year, especially at the major airline level.
1st year pay is crime, the airline has to to train you, so they hack your pay for the first year????????????? ITS THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS , but like ticket prices its never passed on to the consumer, the employee ends up getting raped.
I am looking forward to seeing what CAL pilots do with 1st year pay & health insurance, I hope it changes because its disgraceful as it stands......
Bottom line if you don't feel first year pay is acceptable, then don't apply/accept the job. I agree with you first year pay at the majors should be at least 50K, but as long as there is a willingness to work for sub-par wages, management will win hand over fist every time. It is business, but every pilot has the option to only accept a job at a rate they feel is acceptable. The problem is we, as pilots, are so eager to get that "dream job" that a majority of us are willing to sacrifice.