General Lee
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This article was originally posted on another thread (Coex and possible strike) by MW44 I believe. Not good news, but predictable.
Exclusive to Commuter/Regional Airline News: 'Regional Pilot Pay Scales Pressured By JetBlue Rates'
July 19, 2004 - The pay scales for regional airline pilots face sharp declines now that JetBlue Airways has disclosed it will pay its pilots less to fly larger planes, Commuter/Regional Airline News reveals in an exclusive report in the July 19 issue.
JetBlue’s pay scale for pilots flying its new Embraer 190 fleet will be much lower on a per seat basis than what regional carriers now pay their pilots to fly smaller planes, according to the analysis.
JetBlue is bucking the long-standing trend in pilot pay scales — that larger planes always equal larger paychecks.
JetBlue will pay a three-year captain $74 an hour to fly the 100-seat jet, or 74 cents per seat. By comparison, Horizon Air pays a three-year captain about $72 an hour to fly a 70-seat jet, or $1.03 per seat, a difference of 29 cents, according to the detailed analysis in Commuter/Regional Airline News.
The JetBlue pay scale “certainly raises eyebrows” and “will make the competition that much more vicious,” Claude Sullivan, an airline labor attorney with the Atlanta law firm of Ford & Harrison, tells the publication in an exclusive interview.
Commuter/Regional Airline News reports that regional pilots may be forced to accept lower pay rates when their contracts become amendable.
“JetBlue’s 100-seat pay scale poses an obvious threat to prevailing 50- and 70-seat rates,” said Jamie Baker, an analyst with JP Morgan.
No other publication at any price offers this kind of behind-the-scenes information. A subscription to Commuter/Regional Airline News gives you the tools you need to influence major economic and policy decisions at the earliest stages of development, and boost your bottom line.
A detailed comparison and analysis of regional pilots’ pay scales and those of JetBlue pilots is published in the July 19 issue of Commuter/Regional Airline News, the industry’s leading source for news and analysis of the global regional airline marketplace. Don’t miss another exciting and informative issue. Sign up now for a free four-week trial subscription to Commuter/Regional Airline News at http://www.aviationtoday.com/cgi/catalog/info?CRAN.
Bye Bye--General Lee
Exclusive to Commuter/Regional Airline News: 'Regional Pilot Pay Scales Pressured By JetBlue Rates'
July 19, 2004 - The pay scales for regional airline pilots face sharp declines now that JetBlue Airways has disclosed it will pay its pilots less to fly larger planes, Commuter/Regional Airline News reveals in an exclusive report in the July 19 issue.
JetBlue’s pay scale for pilots flying its new Embraer 190 fleet will be much lower on a per seat basis than what regional carriers now pay their pilots to fly smaller planes, according to the analysis.
JetBlue is bucking the long-standing trend in pilot pay scales — that larger planes always equal larger paychecks.
JetBlue will pay a three-year captain $74 an hour to fly the 100-seat jet, or 74 cents per seat. By comparison, Horizon Air pays a three-year captain about $72 an hour to fly a 70-seat jet, or $1.03 per seat, a difference of 29 cents, according to the detailed analysis in Commuter/Regional Airline News.
The JetBlue pay scale “certainly raises eyebrows” and “will make the competition that much more vicious,” Claude Sullivan, an airline labor attorney with the Atlanta law firm of Ford & Harrison, tells the publication in an exclusive interview.
Commuter/Regional Airline News reports that regional pilots may be forced to accept lower pay rates when their contracts become amendable.
“JetBlue’s 100-seat pay scale poses an obvious threat to prevailing 50- and 70-seat rates,” said Jamie Baker, an analyst with JP Morgan.
No other publication at any price offers this kind of behind-the-scenes information. A subscription to Commuter/Regional Airline News gives you the tools you need to influence major economic and policy decisions at the earliest stages of development, and boost your bottom line.
A detailed comparison and analysis of regional pilots’ pay scales and those of JetBlue pilots is published in the July 19 issue of Commuter/Regional Airline News, the industry’s leading source for news and analysis of the global regional airline marketplace. Don’t miss another exciting and informative issue. Sign up now for a free four-week trial subscription to Commuter/Regional Airline News at http://www.aviationtoday.com/cgi/catalog/info?CRAN.
Bye Bye--General Lee
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