Originally Posted by
hatetobreakit2u
comair was great until mainline collapsed and comair went with it
if every major owned their own regional thats what i meant, but as long as their is one independent regional company, they will always step in and say "hey well do that job for a dollar less becaue we have younger pilots"
Exactly. That's why we need to ELIMINATE longevity-based pay scales...they function on the premise that you will pay your dues up front now and reap the rewards later. Well we all know what happens when "later" comes...some startup or rapid-growth company with bottom-scale labor costs shows up and your management takes a quick trip through the Ch.11 drive-through...
Equipment size & seats would determine pay...eliminate starvation wages at the bottom and $300/hr pay at the top (which attracts undercutters like flies). Seniority stays of course, and will still get you larger equipment (and higher pay) as well as schedule, domicile, and upgrade. The new scale would have to be phased-in so as not to penalize the existing senior pilots.
Added benefit...if an entry level airline FO's were paid $70K to start, then the job would get REAL competitive, REAL fast and would squeeze out some of the turds we see entering the game today...higher standards, better for everybody.