Thread: Union members to vote on American deal
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Old 11-27-2012, 06:26 AM
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Why can't American Pay their pilots industry standard? There are guys out there flying 737 making more than widebody captains at the Legacy carriers! And they are a Low Cost Carrier. Stop letting management implant stuff in your head. If they shifted and extra 25 cents per seat per hr on a -80 to the pilots that would be $35 extra. 20 more for the Captain and 15 for the FO. IF the airlines collectively wanted to pay their pilots more they could raise ticket prices by a minuscule amount and be able to do so, but they want to drive cost down...
Why ?

Because they don't have to. The majority of AA pilots are willing to work for less and on Dec. 7, that will almost certainly be confirmed. Love to be wrong, but convinced I'm correct.
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