Originally Posted by
FedElta
Carl,
When you have time, would you explain how the number of hours my butt is in the seat has anything to do with MY productivity as an employee/cost center/pilot of any given airline ? I'm pretty sure a FDX/UPS bubba will generate more revenue for their company than our legacy brothers in a similar crew position.......on a month to month basis, regardless of hard hours flown respectively....I'm pretty sure you know this. Working more/harder does not equal smarter/more productive.
Regards,
BG
That has been my argument all along. Either we want to be paid based on productivity (which is something we have absolutely zero input into other than work rules, and even that is a very small piece of the puzzle) or we want to be paid because we are blue collar labor and we push throttles. Too many still think flying a bigger airplane means you have some special talent or that because it holds more you should get a cut of that. To them I say, let's set a pay system whereby we are paid for the actual number of passengers that are actually ON THE AIRPLANE. (ferry flights would be free) Think the whale will still be the most senior??? This system is antiquated, and holds our career earnings back.
/rant