Originally Posted by
sigep_nm
Whether you support it or not, it is important not to fall into the trap of thinking that someone else is losing something out of it. No captain will be taking a "pay cut". Creating a higher starting point for FO's will benefit everyone, not just the FO's when negotiations for the next contract come around. That is closer than most realize. It is amendable starting June 1, 2011.
You must be using government style math. If an employee is making less money than is current book..it's a pay cut. Not only a 1 time cut, but a cut that will be there for every year after this point. I know everybody would like to make more, but that is solved by effective contract negotiations, not by taking it from a fellow pilot. Apparently people of have lost sight of the fact that an employer pays salaries, not other employees.