328dude
Still turning two
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It's all that kool aid they've been drinking over the years.
PHXFLYR
Yea, I hear the Kool Aid at Parkers den is so much better.
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It's all that kool aid they've been drinking over the years.
PHXFLYR
When the fuel hedging runs out, and you can't sell seats for $99 anymore,
Its always a bad idea to be the highest paid for your equipment. Here are the facts for 737 CA payscales:
DAL $139-151
AMR 149-161
CAL 140-155 (avg)
UA 120-133
US/AWA 118-135 (avg)
SWA 174-198
Airtran 102-153
Alaska 130-154
Its always a bad idea to be the highest paid for your equipment.
I don't usually fall for flaimbait so I'm not sure it you're being tongue in cheek on this one or not. If you really mean it - and we've been hearing from an increasing number of people who do, although often at the regional level - shame on you. That sort of attitude will be the downfall of the profession. Can you imagine what kind of job this would be if our predecessors had been oh so careful to not be the highest paid!?
I didnt mean for this to be flamebait. I just think that regardless of what you and I want to be paid, the company can't sustain payscales that are 50% higher than the rest of the industry average. When you look at the big picture of the industry it is easier to see what doesnt fit in with the rest. I think SWA runs a great business and deserves to be paid at the higher end of the payscales. I do not wish to get into a pissing match and I hope they can maintain their current payscales, but I do remember not long ago when DAL and UAL payscales were much higher than anyone else.
The company utilizes the staff better than the legacies because of quick turns. The pilots are the allowed to fly more passengers that way. However, in any given year SW pilots fly more passengers, but legacy pilots fly way more RPM's. Pretty much every legacy has given up work rule concessions to be more productive than SW pilots, and they are paid less while being more productive.You forget one major point. SWA pilots have been and will continue to be much more productive than their counterparts at DAL, UAL, AMR etc.
You can afford to pay your pilots much when they are more productive.