Guys we're talking "training pay" --- not "first year pay".

First year pay has gone up over the years as the pay tables have improved with each contract.

Training pay has not.

The $2000 you got per month on training pay is NOT the same $2000 per month those who came after you received.

Until deflation actually kicks in ---- it's less.

Less and less each year.

....less and less for 20+ years.

Let's fix it for good by eliminating a fixed rate training pay all together.

Just give new hires BLG x 1st year pay rate while in training.

Right now that would be 68 hrs x $59.39 per hour = $4,038.52 per 28-day bid-month

(Assuming 1st Narrow Body FO & SO rates)

Pretty simple --- straightfoward --- and fair.

...and now you can debate the merits of increasing first year hourly pay rates in the context of other contract increases --- but, at least the mechanism which has allowed initial pay to erode significantly will have been corrected.