The senior first officers are noting QoL issues as the major reason they are not choosing to be junior captains. If a 40% increase in salary isn't enough to get people to make the jump, maybe the solution is to change the quality of life for junior captains.

It might also be cheaper for the airline to make the cutoff more flexible in a way that is acceptable to the pilots' union.

[–] Duvidl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That clearly didn't work. A 40 percent increase is plenty, but it seems people don't want their jobs to dictate their personal lives. Which is fair, I guess.

They need to change the expectations tha t come with the junior captain's seat. Or force senior captains to be a bit more lenient, too.

The alternative is having no captains anymore, soon.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Obviously a 40% increase was not plenty, or this wouldn't be a problem. For example, I wouldn't take a 40% pay increase to be constantly on call. A 200% increase, yes I would do that. So there is a number for me, I'm just not sure exactly what it is.

There will always be people who refuse at any price, but you don't need to convince everyone. You just need enough captains to keep scheduled flights from being cancelled. There's a number that gets you there, and the only thin we know for sure is that it's more than 40%.

Fwiw I'm not disagreeing with your first point. Reducing the demand on captains could also help.

[–] AnotherPerson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If we're going to live in a supply and demand economy that works it needs to apply to both labor and goods. I'm all here for this.