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A 10 percent pay raise for US Airways (LCC) pilots has been called “woefully inadequate.”  The raise for all 4,100 pilots at the combined airline will cost an additional $122 million each year in labor costs. 

The proposal would raise pay for pre-merger US Airways pilots to that of pre-merger America West Airlines pilots, and then all pay would rise by 3 percent.  The airline would then extend the contract to 2012. 

A 10 percent raise to bring pre-merger US Airways pilots to the levels of their new America West pilot counterparts is one step in the right direction.  This step will keep the financial health of the airline together but keep growing pilot pay. 

Pilots are also upset that CEO Doug Parker received a sizable salary and benefit package while the combined airline made a dramatic profit just months after the merger.

Pilots have been picketing Phoenix, Philadelphia, Charlotte, and Las Vegas.   

Pittsburgh-Tribune Review 

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