Gr82Aviate
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Taken from a recent post made by a guy we will call Jake from Skywest Airlines:
"I'm going to stick my neck out, and some of you aint going to like it...
-I feel fairly compensated.
-I FEEL FAIRLY COMPENSATED!
There, I said it. Wow, that feels good.
Now, would I like a pay increase? Absolutely.
Do I think it is high time we get a significant increase for the guys that have been at the 16 yr scale for the a last five years? Absolutely.
But honestly, for what I do, I feel like what I get in return is fair. Now, this kind of goes back to my previous post regarding the unmeasured benefits of the job.
Chip said something that I really agree with, and I think is important to remember. He said that he doesn't want to run out a fix the pay issue, without addressing the morale issue as well. Think about it, we all get another $10/hr, and nothing else changes. The slackers still slack, the kool-aid drinkers still like the kool-aid, and some of us are still feeling the pressure from our unionized "brothers and sisters". It is attitude and perspective that needs to change, then,the pay.
Then, as we continue to be sucessful, and SkyWest continues year after year after year to flourish, and the jets get shinier and bigger, the pay creeps up. And we own the city. When we own the city, we are the city counsel, and we set the pay standard. But now we compete and we do it together.
One more question to discuss:
Will Southwest Airlines be able to sustain their current pilot pay structure indefinitely?
Jake"
This can't be for real, can it??
P.S. If it is...someone needs to knock the Kool-aid pitcher out of his hands!
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