Originally Posted by
BitMoreRightRudder
Oh dear. Stop and think. If you really believe we should all get paid the same, BA will be only too happy to make that a reality. PP1 for all, forever. Better now?
Deliberately obtuse. The original hypothesis I responded to was positing that if there's basically a fixed pot of money for pilots, why should senior pilots "subsidize" better pay for junior pilots, (or verbatim "why should they be funding an increase in the starting salaries?") when the contrary is the more conspicuous [junior pilots subsidising senior pilots, doing essentially the same job. And frankly the selfish sense of entitlement of that statement got up my nose a bit, so it thoroughly deserves a challenge].
Purely hypothetically... If indeed, that pot is fixed, flat pay wouldn't be PP1, but PP15 or so, for all, and quality pilots would be banging the doors down to try and join (and still not many would leave, especially if highly seniority based rosters remain in force). And anyway, I'm not saying the pot is fixed or shouldn't be enlarged, or there should be a flat pay structure - but supply and demand of pilots at the top and bottom end does unequivocally demonstrate that the towering pay scale and QOL is far far too tall.