Originally Posted by freightdoggiedog
And Messiah, once again they are making MORE money than they were previously (F-scale captain is more than B-scale F/O, at least on a base), just as you started making more money than you were in your previous job when you accepted B-scale (but no, no, that's different, of course you would never accept lower conditions than other people for doing the same job -um, er- except you plainly did.)
Guys joining on B scale had no idea different scales even existed when they joined. There was only B scale available. Freighter commanders however did have options, wait your turn on full conditions or accept less. They are clearly the ones who had left seat envy, I only have pay packet envy, the number of stripes is of no concern. Freighter commanders accepted lesser conditions for the same job within the company they were already working for, it is not the same at all. We are not talking about taking a new job, they were already here and knew exactly the situation.