quadspeed
9th Dec 2009, 03:54
It is obviously company policy to use our Incremental Pay Scales to deflect and reject any annual pay increase. Both the CE and DFO have used this argument is recent years, and we can expect it to continue into the unforseeable future.
Most of us have spent enough time in the airline industry to see the gross misunderstanding of pilots pay, company loyalty and the very nature of seniority displayed by such a policy, but to the rest of CX employees, the arguments seems logical. After all, we do get an increase every year.
The policy currently used by management underminds, and in the end makes obsolete the entire notion of a Incremental Pay Scale. What the company is saying is that you will receive your starting salary, and thereafter inflation will be countered by your incremental pay scale.
The removal of the Incremental Pay Scale would naturally be quite complex, but to implement it in Cos10 as a the "new" deal for all new joiners might be common ground. After all, every new joiner would benefit in the short term. In the long term, at least they will maintain their purchasing power.
The company will be free to set the "Captains pay", FOs pay" and SO's Pay." Thereafter, let the market rule and let the company struggle to keep their experienced crews. It might even coincide with the next upturn. Even if the new "master pay" is set to the mid-point of a 25-year payscale, over the same 25 year career your total income will be larger than if you went through the steps one-by-one.
If this is what the company wants, then this is what they should get.
Most of us have spent enough time in the airline industry to see the gross misunderstanding of pilots pay, company loyalty and the very nature of seniority displayed by such a policy, but to the rest of CX employees, the arguments seems logical. After all, we do get an increase every year.
The policy currently used by management underminds, and in the end makes obsolete the entire notion of a Incremental Pay Scale. What the company is saying is that you will receive your starting salary, and thereafter inflation will be countered by your incremental pay scale.
The removal of the Incremental Pay Scale would naturally be quite complex, but to implement it in Cos10 as a the "new" deal for all new joiners might be common ground. After all, every new joiner would benefit in the short term. In the long term, at least they will maintain their purchasing power.
The company will be free to set the "Captains pay", FOs pay" and SO's Pay." Thereafter, let the market rule and let the company struggle to keep their experienced crews. It might even coincide with the next upturn. Even if the new "master pay" is set to the mid-point of a 25-year payscale, over the same 25 year career your total income will be larger than if you went through the steps one-by-one.
If this is what the company wants, then this is what they should get.