I have an idea and would like your feedback please.
How about we are paid per block hour instead
of a fixed salary???
Iam going to use USD as an example.
Lets say we start with 50USD/hr for every pilot.
10 usd increment for every 1000 hrs aquired
for a captain, and 7 usd for F/O.
So a captain with 10000hrs will cash 150/hr
and F/O with 10000hrs will cash 120/hr.
Not to forget ofcourse duty hrs ,lets say 15 usd/hr.
The pay increment should be for the total hrs flown.
Example: F/O with 5000hrs will be making 85usd/hr
and when he is upgraded he will make 100/hr.
With this system pay is based on experience and
not on a company seniority.
Ofcourse somebody might argue that airlines
will not hire F/Os with lots of hrs. maybe but
if they do then they are forced to spend on training
new pilots, so we solve the problem of young pilots
who must borrow money to pay for their own typerating.
If airlines stop or delay upgrades they will run out of
captains.
Airlines must pay for experience,especially when sometimes
they put ridiculous requirements in their recruitment ads.
After all lots of professions are paid per hour.