Originally Posted by
Ace McCoy
My Brother in Christ,
Please don't subscribe to the "squeezing the baloon" theory where if one part of pilot group gets something so another part of the pilot group has to take less.
Please endorse the "INFLATING the baloon theory" where EVERYONE gets more at the expense of the company. They have billions to give to shareholders so they can afford it for the people actually earning the revenue
If you are squeezing the baloon guy then yes it seems that the captains are crying foul. I assumed there were more inflating the baloon guys who want everyone to get more...espcially for the FO's who are younger and will have way less time at years 2-6 than years 6-40. Perhaps I misjudged and there are more squeeze the baloon guys.
INFLATE THE BALOON!!!
I must have triggered a bunch of you. I never said I think there should be pay disparity between FO’s and CA’s.
I am just calling out the hypocrisy. If you as a CA would be ****ed off if FO’s got a bigger bump, you should have been an automatic NO when the last contracts hurt the FO’s pay scale. If squeezing the balloon is wrong it should be wrong on both counts. FO’s voting yes is irrelevant to the issue.
Wrong is wrong. History says CA’s are ok with wrongs in the pay scale so long as it doesn’t affect them. Don’t bite the messenger, I am just clearly stating the history here.