Originally Posted by
Profane Kahuna
We need career earnings to be on par with OALs for the typical newhire, which these days is often 25 yrs old.
I'm betting you did NOT mean that Captain pay could be Delta 737 + $1 but it could be misconstrued that way.
In order to truly match career earnings we probably need a blend of significantly higher pay rates and retirement contributions.
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Not sure you can ever compete as long as they’re offering CA spots to new hires. We can match or exceed NEC and beat pay rates but CA pay will always > FO pay and shorter upgrade times skew the numbers. Hard to figure career earnings anyway as you’ve got 5-7k FO’s bypassing and NOT taking first available either for WB or QOL reasons. Our pay does need to be higher than 737/320 pay though….more than $1. I’d prefer 757 pay or better across the board, but we’ll have to see what was negotiated.