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I hear the United union aren’t pleased with 14.5% in light of the better offer made to AA
Meanwhile (still) in 2022:
American Airlines says it will hike pay for 14,000 pilots even higher than originally proposed, as the industry faces a crippling labor shortage - Business Insider
"Our team will be paid well and be paid competitively. You are not going to fall behind network peers," CEO Robert Isom told pilots in a video message sent Monday, seen by CNBC.
Isom described a pre-pandemic proposal made to unions — of an initial 4% increase, followed by a 3% increase annually — as "industry-leading at the time." However, "
the standard for compensation has gone up" as a result of the pandemic, he said, per CNBC.