JetPilot500
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C'mon people...
Did anyone put a gun to your head and force you to accept the jobs you have?
Supply and Demand. Supply of pilots is high, and demand for them is low. Basic economics here.
If the wage and work rules are so bad at some of these places, why is it people are standing in line for these jobs?
Anyone who calls SWA a crappy company is a disillusioned fool! SWA is probally THE most successful airline in history! And, I don't hear many of their employees complaining about their jobs. SWA has found the perfect mix of affordable salaries and product pricing to make them successful. UAL and other majors are failing products.
Also, lets clear up something else. When SWA pilots start retiring in larger numbers, their costs will not suddenly increase. There are pensions funds already established to cover these costs. Pension payments do not come from daily operating costs.
CEO's and management have the task of providing a profit to their investors, not to make pilots millionairs. If CEO's operate an unsafe operation, eventually people will stop flying that airline and they will become un-profitable. Therefore, if the unions went away tomorrow, things would not suddenly become unsafe. If the unions went away tomorrow, Delta 737 Captains would not be making $50k/yr.
ALPA is all about ALPA, not you! The pilots are all about themselves and not their brothers and sisters. The guy at the top would rather keep making his $300k per year and see the company furlough 1000 pilots to protect his pay. Where is the brotherhood in that?
CRJ200FO and others like you, if you don't like what SWA has to offer, then don't apply there. Be done with it, it is that simple. And if everyone feels that way, then their Supply of pilot resumes will be reduced. If that happens, then they will be forced to pay more or give more time off or whatever. That IS Supply and Demand. That also applies to any other airline or job out there. If you don't like what they have to offer don't accept a job there.
JetPilot500
Former ALPA Member
Did anyone put a gun to your head and force you to accept the jobs you have?
Supply and Demand. Supply of pilots is high, and demand for them is low. Basic economics here.
If the wage and work rules are so bad at some of these places, why is it people are standing in line for these jobs?
Anyone who calls SWA a crappy company is a disillusioned fool! SWA is probally THE most successful airline in history! And, I don't hear many of their employees complaining about their jobs. SWA has found the perfect mix of affordable salaries and product pricing to make them successful. UAL and other majors are failing products.
Also, lets clear up something else. When SWA pilots start retiring in larger numbers, their costs will not suddenly increase. There are pensions funds already established to cover these costs. Pension payments do not come from daily operating costs.
CEO's and management have the task of providing a profit to their investors, not to make pilots millionairs. If CEO's operate an unsafe operation, eventually people will stop flying that airline and they will become un-profitable. Therefore, if the unions went away tomorrow, things would not suddenly become unsafe. If the unions went away tomorrow, Delta 737 Captains would not be making $50k/yr.
ALPA is all about ALPA, not you! The pilots are all about themselves and not their brothers and sisters. The guy at the top would rather keep making his $300k per year and see the company furlough 1000 pilots to protect his pay. Where is the brotherhood in that?
CRJ200FO and others like you, if you don't like what SWA has to offer, then don't apply there. Be done with it, it is that simple. And if everyone feels that way, then their Supply of pilot resumes will be reduced. If that happens, then they will be forced to pay more or give more time off or whatever. That IS Supply and Demand. That also applies to any other airline or job out there. If you don't like what they have to offer don't accept a job there.
JetPilot500
Former ALPA Member
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