Originally Posted by
joblow
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
Oh no mate, don’t worry about it, I know it wasn’t to start an argument. It’s just that sometimes the truth is right in front of us but we don’t want to see it. I read the other article about f/o’s as well, it’s incredible but I must say the US is again in a different galaxy when it comes to their aviation affairs, so these things happen there. My message to all outside of the US is enjoy and cherish every single second of the package you have right now, because it will all be worst within the next 10 years.