Originally Posted by ToiletDuck

I fly the erj and that is what we compare too. While he does have a little more in match I apparently fly more hours on average and have more days off. What hits our bank account is relatively the same. Obviously we're working on getting higher pay for everything flown. My issue is that having industry leading pay with today's current standards is like saying I have the best form of cancer. Congratulations and all but what good is it really? Like tpersuit I made $40k last year which is still crap. Keeps me in the bars, a roof over my head, and clothes on my back but still crap none the less. Flying is flying and it's not owned by anyone. Don't care who it is. Our 170 US Air flying is not really ours. So when contracts become available everyone has the right to bid on them. By XJT underbidding SKYW it set the notion that "we'll do whatever it takes to keep the doors open" which isn't good. Recent proof was with the number came to CHQ with to fly new aircraft. Had XJT not taken that deal it's possible the number CAL came up with would have been higher. Now they know where to go when they need dirt cheap rates. My only hope is that XJT stays with CAL and doesn't start using these rates with others or we could all be taking a pay hit one day.

PS. I'm all for the fair tax.