Originally Posted by
nwaf16dude
Pay rates are great, but I think we should mostly be focusing on other ways to increase compensation, like bringing back significant night pay, big nums for international pay, and a huge (x4) increase in per diem. And pay from doors closed to open. Larger minimum calendar day, not duty period. These are all ways to make significantly more cash, some tax advantaged, with lower increases to hourly rates. That way the company gets to tell the financial community that we only gave x when the reality is much more.
+2. This way the company can't pander as effectively to everyone in the company and the financial market who will be watching that we greedy pilots are willing to shut this place down in order to get $500 per hour while you make $20 per hour. It would be a huge benefit to make the same increased wages in work rules vs. payrates in my eyes. That way the fight with the public's perception wouldn't be as hard.