Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver

Great post! I agree.

Edit (after reading sailingfun's post): Sounds like new hire pay is more than I realized. And that increase to the DC is very significant over a long timeframe. I definitely agree that a person has paid his/her dues by the time they get here. And seniority should certainly determine pay. But it sounds to me like the real solution is for us to get our entire pay scale back into an appropriate range. That should fix the problem.