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If you grab the pie the take a slice for maintenance, another for fuel, another for cost as insurance, hangars office space, employee training, HR, pay other workgroups and other misc expenses you will see that the pilot compensation is a very small piece of the pie considering we are who make the airplane fly!
Airlines continue to say pilot cost are very high but this cost also includes our training that is required by the regulations and shouldn't be taken against us, our compensations is a very small piece of the pie a very small percentage of the CASM but is an easy place for the airlines to make adjustments.
Pilot costs at pinnacle for 2011 were 15% of total cost for the year. This does not include the training costs. That is pilot compensation only. Now I am not thinking the way management wants me to think I can think on my own. Just because I think we are a descent portion of regional airline cost does not mean i think we should take pay cuts. I am just stating that we are a descent portion of the cost for airlines. This all includes flying that is pro rated which pinnacle no longer does and aircraft that was owned by pinnacle. For 2013 and beyond pilot costs will be a much larger percentage of our companies cost.