Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

It cannot be denied that you and I do the exact same job. It also cannot be denied that when I fly for one hour, I do so with at least twice the passengers and cargo that you do. That produces at least twice the revenue to the company, but my pay rate is NOT twice that of yours. It's only marginally higher based on my increased production of revenue. IF we move away from the model of small marginal pay increases based on revenue production, then you are going back to the old argument that unions used to make. That argument was that we have to be paid simply by being on the property...not based on any work I actually do. That argument is one of the reasons the public soured on unions.

I'm just not sure we should ever go back to an era where we can be accused of that by our flying public. I think it's a loser for us if we try.

Carl