Originally Posted by
seafeye
My f/o the other day did some math. We transported over 30,000 people last year. My f/o made less than $1/passenger he moved.
Not to mention the endless nights in crappy hotels, crap airport food, time in simulator, medicals, blah blah blah.....
Pay cut? Ha up yours.
So you're telling me that airlines can't raise the price of a ticket by $3 so the whole crew gets 30k increase in pay each???
Baggage fees and fuel surcharges are some of the methods the airlines uses to survive. I think once the pilot group realizes that WE are the rare commodity to the company and hardest (takes longest) to replace, then the airlines will tack on a $5 fee for the crew. Whether the public likes it or not, that should be set in place by all airlines just like taxes and 3816 surcharges the pax are exposed to already.
Sounds like a dream far fetched but with the massive retirements, lowest cpl issuances in decades and the 1500 hour rules going in effect, perhaps the golden era part 2 will commence for us within the next 5-10 years!!!