Low pilot pay called 'dirty little secret'

[jonjuan]

If you figure a conservative load of 30 pax on my 50 seat jet with a 1 hour average flight, you could charge 6 dollars per pax and double the rate of pay for both pilots. 30x6=180 Thats 90 dollars per leg (round trip ticket).

So, that just made it into the management bonus plan for next year.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

A classic:

What is the difference between a large pizza and a FO?



A large pizza can feed a family of four.....

 

[dojetdriver]

anc ?

In Alaska, the 737 IS an RJ.

 

[instructordude]

Pay is at the extreme on both ends. You have the regional pay on the low extreme and the major pay at the high extreme. If we averaged out our pay then it would be fair for all.

 

[starchkr]

anc ?

Almost...Penn Air...

 

[starchkr]

Pay is at the extreme on both ends. You have the regional pay on the low extreme and the major pay at the high extreme. If we averaged out our pay then it would be fair for all.

Am i really going to respond to this......nahhhh...too easy.

 

[Lear70]

Pay is at the extreme on both ends. You have the regional pay on the low extreme and the major pay at the high extreme. If we averaged out our pay then it would be fair for all.

Nice try at flame bait...

 

[jonjuan]

A classic:

What is the difference between a large pizza and a FO?



A large pizza can feed a family of four.....

I thought it was that the FO had to deliver pizza's.

 

[BigMotorToter]

I think the only fix is for a mandate that will do away with outsourcing and force the airlines to hire pilots to fly the aircraft that they own or lease, including the turboprops and RJ's. This will spell the end of the regional carriers and force the airlines into the ab initio flight training business. Of course this will increase the cost of doing business across the board but if the rules are the same for every airline than the ticket prices can be raised to cover the cost of training. The airlines could then tailor a training program that will weed out the weaker candidates, a la a military flight training program. Not that this will ever happen but in a perfect world...

That is an excellent idea!

In addition ALPA needs to stop representing a lot of these scumbag carriers.

Here's what I posted on another thread in regards to what ALPA can do to start helping turning our profession around:



ALPA stops representing commuter airlines that don't meet certain safety criteria. Not just FAA mins, but an increased amount defined by ALPA.

This would be a very pubilc move in light of the current events.

The list of non represented airlines would be made very public. People may stop flying said "less than safe" airlines.

Hopefully many of these airlines would then go out of business and the older, more established airlines (like it used to be) would have to grow again to pick up the slack. And along with this growth, so would the better paying pilot jobs.

We would have then gotten rid of less than safe airlines.

Created a way to grow the Major airlines again.

Create more better paying pilot jobs for higher experienced pilots, many of which may have been at these $hitty Co. which helps offset the pain of a lot of job losses at these airlines.

In the long run, the health of our profession will be on it's way to being restored, as well as providing a safer transportation system.

If we can create more, higher paying jobs, then ALPA will more than make up for the due's they will loose by dumping scumbag operators.
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[FBN0223]

The dirty little secret is "outsourcing" to the lowest bidder.