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#282
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#283
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it would in fact not be a raise but actually less money by a lot. This has nothing to do with my current airline and everything to do with the fact that I see it as an insult to offer to pay someone that little money to go through a training program and expect them to bust their tail acquiring the knowledge needed to operate safely for your company. I’m just surprised people are continuing to agree to do it. I’d rather stay at the regional and keep trying for an actual major than do that. I wonder when they will run out of well qualified good pilots who think like I do.
#284
it would in fact not be a raise but actually less money by a lot. This has nothing to do with my current airline and everything to do with the fact that I see it as an insult to offer to pay someone that little money to go through a training program and expect them to bust their tail acquiring the knowledge needed to operate safely for your company. I’m just surprised people are continuing to agree to do it. I’d rather stay at the regional and keep trying for an actual major than do that. I wonder when they will run out of well qualified good pilots who think like I do.
#285
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it would in fact not be a raise but actually less money by a lot. This has nothing to do with my current airline and everything to do with the fact that I see it as an insult to offer to pay someone that little money to go through a training program and expect them to bust their tail acquiring the knowledge needed to operate safely for your company. I’m just surprised people are continuing to agree to do it. I’d rather stay at the regional and keep trying for an actual major than do that. I wonder when they will run out of well qualified good pilots who think like I do.
Your subject matter hits home but you pushed a lil too hard to generate the outrage. Sun-average troll. 2/10.
#286
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Joined APC: Dec 2021
Posts: 106
You have a myopic attitude, learn to play the long game and it’ll benefit you… With that being said, the company does have a problem and I’m sure they’re aware of it, but it’s their problem. When they have issues finding pilots and it starts stunting the company’s growth they’ll deal with it. So, guys like you will help this happen. Thank you!
#287
I have heard a lot of people on here say that pilot retention and hiring is a company problem, and bargaining for better first year pay should not be done, because it would waste negotiating capital. I have never seen any proof that the company sees 1st year pay separate from total pilot cost, and until I see that I will believe we are all the same to management: a total cost including health care and uniform cost, necessary to operate the airline. Getting 1st year to $80/hr from date of hire would be a $1.50/hr across the board pay cut for the rest of us. Guess what, that would mean we are still $30/hr behind the big 6.I would be one of the ones spending that negotiating capital, and it would be good to know we are not scraping the bottom of the barrel.
#288
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Joined APC: Mar 2018
Posts: 307
it would in fact not be a raise but actually less money by a lot. This has nothing to do with my current airline and everything to do with the fact that I see it as an insult to offer to pay someone that little money to go through a training program and expect them to bust their tail acquiring the knowledge needed to operate safely for your company. I’m just surprised people are continuing to agree to do it. I’d rather stay at the regional and keep trying for an actual major than do that. I wonder when they will run out of well qualified good pilots who think like I do.
Also, what you think of anyone’s pay, has no bearing on you being a “qualified good pilot.”
#289
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Joined APC: Dec 2021
Posts: 106
I have heard a lot of people on here say that pilot retention and hiring is a company problem, and bargaining for better first year pay should not be done, because it would waste negotiating capital. I have never seen any proof that the company sees 1st year pay separate from total pilot cost, and until I see that I will believe we are all the same to management: a total cost including health care and uniform cost, necessary to operate the airline. Getting 1st year to $80/hr from date of hire would be a $1.50/hr across the board pay cut for the rest of us. Guess what, that would mean we are still $30/hr behind the big 6.I would be one of the ones spending that negotiating capital, and it would be good to know we are not scraping the bottom of the barrel.
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