Originally Posted by
FrankCobretti
Which leads me to a question that's been nagging at me since I got into this business:
Why must the junior-most captain make more than the senior-most FO?
If we're worried about scope and seats and the airline is worried about cost, why not make, say, ERJ-175 Captain pay less than, say, 777 FO?
The airline gets more flexibility, the pilots get more seats, and everyone wins.
Sorry to respond so long after the post, but recurrent called.
We did have Capt seats paying less than 75/76 FO rates. Express.
I got no problem with it. Somebody will bid it. Never met the DAL pilot that's rumored to say we shouldn't fly the small stuff. Bring it on.