Hi sfopilot207
I see your captains managed a 16-29% increase in pay and the FOs a 28-45% increase with 3% increases for the two following years. Well done!
“New pilot contract at Alaska raises pay to levels just below largest U.S. airlines” - The Seattle Times.
How did the negotiations go? Did ALPA /Pilots have to threaten strike action or was the management well informed of the current supply and demand issue and accepted a significant pay rise was overdue?
I only ask because down here in Aus and NZ we have been accepting only 2-3% inflationary adjustments for years and we have let pay in real terms lag far behind from what it used to be.
Air NZ had a 2.5% increase for the last 2 year contract and I hear their next one won’t be much different... again going backwards. They really need a 15-25% increase to get back to where they were!
AirNZ have been hiring a significant number of experienced guys from overseas (including lots of kiwis returning home after doing their overseas experience) as a result of limited suitable candidates from NZ .
If your wife is a kiwi and you are eventually going to live in NZ I would say get in to Air NZ ASAP as it is a seniority based airline!