Originally Posted by
yb23
Thoughts?
While higher ATP mins and ATP Certs. required for all crewmembers sounds great, implementation would be difficult as gaining the experience pays worse than a regional by far! It seems to create a catch-22 that pay won't go up until experience increases and experience won't increase unless pay does.
Gaining that experience paid FO Shaw more than Colgan did:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...027/417485.pdf
"He reported her finances as stable with no changes other than the significant pay
decrease since she joined Colgan compared to her previous job as a flight instructor for
Sabena Airline Training School in Mesa, Arizona"