Originally Posted by
TonyWilliams
They thought they were moving on... so they accepted $17,500 a year... like I did.
What you think you need, or don't need to do, to increase pay is fine. But the facts remain. Pilots willingly accept poor pay. It's not a new experience. There's just a lot more of it because the low end of the industry, the "regional" contract airlines, are HUGE compared to 20 years ago, or even 10 years ago.
Tony,
From what I know of your background you were at Skywest before you went to Lagos. Neither outfit have a union to my knowledge, so I won't hold against you the fact that you don't seem to understand that we as pilots get paid what we negotiate in our contracts. Historically speaking, we've always negotiated a low first year pay in favor of higher wages for the middle of the road guys, and I don't agree with it. Therein the problem, none of us had the opportunity to start a regional gig with high pay, because like unicorns and Santa Claus, they don't exist. So it's up to us now to negotiate good rates across the board.
To the OP,
I believe Republic has a real opportunity in their hands, and could be the first. I'm not holding my breath, but they do have a great opportunity in their hands, and the rest of the industry will negotiate based on their outcome.
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