Originally Posted by
xjcaptain
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.
So you are saying that FO wages (combined scale) didnt subsidize the arrival of the Avro's, which resulted in a pay increase only to Captains? There was a pretty big difference between RJ85 captain pay and Saab captain pay. Where will the emphasis be placed in effective negotiations? Will it be placed for higher wages on the FO scale or the captain scale? I know the answer to this all ready, just rhetorical. I think the best quote I have heard is "why do you care how much an FO makes, you will only be one for a little bit longer". That was three years ago, with about four years to go. Not saying I am for or against this, because I havent decided, I am just saying make the decision that is best for you because the next guy is going to make the decision that is best for him. And no I did not use government math