Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
You never will. What pilots don't "get" is that management is smarter than us! We always think we have them backed into a corner, just to find they thought of something we hadn't considered! This is why contracts need to be renegotiated every 3-5 years instead of being permanent!
Jerry A just post under your real name, jeez!
I love how the whole RJ is the argument to be paid less, I think this is what UAL pilots are trying to say as well, just because it's an RJ doesn't mean you have to be paid like sh!t. I and not saying they are going to give me a raise to $95 hr to throw gear, I could see $50-55 and hour to throw gear. I think the comparison is that if a guy goes to a major at year 5 from a regional, he will be in a much better position at year 10 at the major verses year 15 at the regional, probably about $100 an hour better. Anyway I hope there is a regional around in 20 years. At some point I think these majors are going to realize you get what you pay for and as in the case of Mesa, it is just a terrible product because they pay their FA's dirt and no one wants to work there, be interesting to see what the 1500 hr rule does when these regionals need 200 pilots a month off the street.