Originally Posted by
Aero1900
Our current contract favored the top of the pay scale folks.
The "slope" of our current pay scale is pretty ridiculous compared to the rest of the industry. When we signed this deal, our 12 year CA rate were only a few dollars behind Delta for the Bus but (for example) the 4th year CA rate were way behind.
At the time of the contract, I think we had about 1200 pilots and a full 50% of them were all topped out on the pay scale (12+ years on property)
With this next contract, we will have a full 50% of the votes coming fron people at the very bottom end of the pay scale. Definitely a big change in where on the scale the votes are coming from. I think our percentage of top of scale pilots is only around 30% now.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a little flattening of the pay scale but I trust the union to do their best to make a fair deal for all.
The bottom of the scale last time needed larger increases in dc than the top. Total compensation was within 1-2% increase across the longevity scale. Rates now do need flattening to align with industry. This time all that’s needed to make it within 1-2% total compensation is a 5th week of vacation. So then you can have a larger % increase on rates at the bottom to flatten the curve while maintaining close to an equal increase across the longevity scale. At least within the 1-2%.