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Honestly, I don't know. Sure, there was some grumbling that we weren't getting a big enough pay raise, but I never heard people complaining that the first year guys were "taking" it away from us.What would the reaction of your pilots have been if the new hires got 40% and everybody else got 1-2 or zero?
How about the guys that are already on 4th year pay? Their payrate would have to drop for that year and the following year because the new average would be weighted down towards the earlier years. Using your SWA example with a blended rate of $93/hr, a 5th year FO at SWA would see his rate drop from $119/hr. That's about $30,000 in concessions for him so that the newhires can have a better first 5 years. Kind of hard to swallow.
Don't set it up that way- Let the people hired in AFTER the new contract come in at the new rate...
You've already agreed that upping first year pay would be a good thing for ALL pilots- why do you keep coming up with excuses not to do it?
5000TT, 2000 PIC tubine, ATP, Evaluator, no internal rec. I Took the psyc test and got the email a couple of days after the test saying "We are closely assessing your application with United Airlines" It basically goes on to say thanks but we'll call you if needed, I think???