Welcome to Flightinfo.com

  • Register now and join the discussion
  • Friendliest aviation Ccmmunity on the web
  • Modern site for PC's, Phones, Tablets - no 3rd party apps required
  • Ask questions, help others, promote aviation
  • Share the passion for aviation
  • Invite everyone to Flightinfo.com and let's have fun

US Airline Labor Says Cyclical; Reality Says Secular

Welcome to Flightinfo.com

  • Register now and join the discussion
  • Modern secure site, no 3rd party apps required
  • Invite your friends
  • Share the passion of aviation
  • Friendliest aviation community on the web
“if the revenue-to-GDP ratio had stayed where it was pre-2001, the airlines would have raked in an additional $27 billion in revenue in the year ended in March.”

That is an amazing statistic and one giant reason the legacies have taken such a huge hit in pay and quality of life. Raise the GD fares!
 
Anyone consider he might be right?
Nope.

He is right only in the sense that the general economics have changed, he is very wrong in his belief that the pilots are the primary ones to shoulder the responsibility. If a fundamental change has occurred, and it probably has, where are all the other cost re-alignments? After all, pilot expenses are only a fraction of total operating costs for any airline.

It's all about money and his solution to the problem is focused only in one direction: not his.

I'd suggest that in the past 10 years, or at least since 9/11, pilots have experienced a greater share of the cuts than the constituencies that he is paid to represent. This is all an argument about money. Period.
 

Latest resources

Back
Top