Pilot Seniority Payscales and Wages

[tornado]

One of the biggest expenses for an mainstream commercial airline is the increasing wages bill as the staff develop and rise in the pay scales. This has been cited as a reason for the initial flush of success enjoyed by low-cost startups, and the a real problem for the full service legacy carriers.

Does you operate on incremental payscales, or are you on shorter term contracts which are renegotiated regularly?

tornado

[Alexander]

It certainly is a hot-potato. I recently read this in an FTTops.com article:
"Seniority is everything to airline pilots; it typically determines aircraft and seat--which determine pay--and schedules. It determines whether you keep your job during a downturn, as furloughs--which are ridiculously common in the profession--start at the bottom of the list."

Alex