{"id":21477,"date":"2022-06-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=21477"},"modified":"2022-06-14T21:33:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:03:01","slug":"american-airlines-regional-carriers-hike-pilot-pay-more-than-50-percent-as-shortage-persists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/15\/american-airlines-regional-carriers-hike-pilot-pay-more-than-50-percent-as-shortage-persists\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines regional carriers hike pilot pay more than 50 percent as shortage persists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two regional carriers owned by American Airlines will increase pilot compensation by 50%<\/strong> through the end of August 2024, the latest hint that airlines are willing to pay up to end a pilot shortage<\/strong> that has left some travellers with fewer flight options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The raises would make pilots at U.S. regional airlines the highest-paid in the industry, putting pressure <\/strong>on other carriers to follow suit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Envoy Air, <\/strong>operating in Irving, Texas, announced on Saturday that it had achieved a similar agreement with its pilots’ union, agreeing to pay a 50% premium to pilots’ <\/strong>hourly wages until August 2024. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Raising regional pilot pay is a welcome move, but the bar was set too low, according to Kit Darby<\/strong>, a pilot-compensation consultant and retired United captain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

American’s management recently offered its about 14,000 pilots a 4% rise at the time of signing, followed by a 3% raise <\/strong>the following year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dennis Tajer, a spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association, called that “insulting<\/strong>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s great for the pilots to get these rises,<\/strong>” Tajer said, “but when an airline pushes through a more than 50% pay increase,<\/strong> it’s recognising with dollars that they have a problem.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

APA pilots protested at the New York Stock Exchange earlier this month, demanding a better contract and more predictable schedules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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