Originally Posted by
gloopy
That's exactly what I'm saying. We have to get it back first, and if a non linear pay and benefits system is the only way to do it then that's what has to be done. There is no moral high ground for anyone to take by acting like doing so would be bad for the profession or unfair to the pilot group when the alternative for not doing so is continued outsourcing which is far, far worse.
Gloopy,
Actually, if you graph out aircraft pay versus productivity the big jets are mostly underpaid relative to their smaller peers. Airlines like GoJets and Colgan fall off the chart at the bottom.
But, what we were told in our last concessionary scope agreement was that management would not operate the jets at mainline regardless of the cost structure. There were other costs involved that outweighed pilot costs. In response, it is my opinion ALPA should treat unity like a religion, or like a Marine treats an injured soldier in the field. Management needs to understand we will not abandon a member. If one pilot has a problem, then 12,000 pilots have a problem and it is going to be YOUR problem in a BIG way.
ALPA needs to get back to our evolutionary roots ... UNITY.
Look at it this way. Humans were about the least likely animal to take over the planet. We lack enough fur to make it through the winter. A house cat has better claws than we do for catching food. It was not until we started using our brains to get along and work together than we stopped running from animals intent on eating us, that we learned to hunt and eat them. Genetically we are hired wired to work together, except for this strange mutation called "pilot."
If we could get unified we would be chasing wooly mammoths off cliffs in no time.