There is a spreadsheet floating around that shows that a new FO under the proposed SSA agreement will be $35,000 worse off compared to a current FO over the 3 years of the agreement (and that includes the DHA rubbish!). And where are these new FOs supposed to go with a useless Dash 8 endorsement and a CPL? Removing the training costs/bond is disguising the real issue here.
But, if the EAA proposal was to be implemented, the same new FO is "only" $18,000 worse off, but they start making the ground back 2 years into the agreement and upwards from there. All for a 4% retention payment to existing crew instead of 5%.
1%. That's pretty much what it comes down to.
This proposal is ingeniously aimed directly at the current captains - look at the seniority list, there's 134 captains at the moment on a total list of 243. Thanks Mr Oldmeadow.