Sorry, the article wasn't meant to start an argument , I only posted it because all of the majors in the USA are getting large pay rises and I thought it might be of interest .
There was a follow up to this article that a huge number of senior FO's are refusing an upgrade to Capt ,.Why because as a senior FO they can bid the trips they want , they don't have to do reserve and the pay differential is very small from Senior FO to Jnr Capt .
As a Jnr Capt you get tons of reserve , callouts at all times of the day and night lowest choice of roster bids which isn't very attractive . United is cancelling flights due to a lack of Capts