Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
I find it humorous that captains are wanking because FOs are making more in the new pay scale. Never mind that our FOs have been on a SWAPA sell out B scale for decades. Our year 2-5 FOs trail the industry in percentage of captain pay.
None of you know what happened in the negotiating room and who gave up what. If the company wants to right the FO pay scale, then so what? "We are 12 year captains longer than we are FOs" is such a lame excuse to treat half of our pilots like crap. We don't have multiple planes to fly with multiple pay scales. Having our FOs who can't upgrade make a decent wage is crucial since they don't have the choice to bid to a captain seat or big equipment like their peers. We are all in this together, and nobody is stealing anybody else's pay. It's about time the FO B scale got fixed.
I know it's hard for some of you, but maybe hearken back to the days of being a junior guy trying to pay the bills. And pick up the tab every now and then. It won't kill you.
I'm fine with "fixing" the FO pay scale. But ONLY after EVERY other item is fixed in the contract. And that means the same comparison to the Delta and United 75/76 payscale in
both seats (which should eclipse Delta/United). The company is going to need to do that regardless. So it would be smart for snapa to address the payscale as a whole, and let the company worry about year 1-5 FO pay. In other words, if the 1-5 year FO pay is disproportionately higher than topped out captain, I'm a no. Among many many other items that better be addressed.