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 don't care that the FOs are getting paid 757 rates. I care that in probably the best negotiating environment in aviation history the company decided that one pilot gets 757 rates and the other gets 737 rates.
BOTH PILOTS SHOULD BE GETTING 757 RATES!
SWA pilots have been told that they fly 737s so that the best they can get on pay rates. I guess that was a lie since half the cockpit will now get 757 rates. BOTH pilots can and should get 757 rates so why did that not happen?