Originally Posted by
crewdawg52
Good arguments. But has anyone ever sat down and determined with pencil and paper, just how much tickets will have to sell for to pay a F/O $60k/ yr and Capt $120k/ yr. Figure 39 - 76 seat plane, avg 3 - 4 legs a day.
Dont forget to include cost of F/A salaries, gas, overhead, mx, lease payments on the plane, mgt salaries, insurance, etc, etc.
In no means am I trying to stir the pot, or anything like that. Just wondering if those who say what the pay should be, have they thought about all the numbers involved.
Just for very rough numbers:
120000+60000=180000 total yearly per crew. 180000/800ish block hours per year (thats what I fly) is$225 per hour. Spread over 76 seats that is $2.96 per seat hour to cover the direct pay rate.
Compared to current rough numbers:
90000+40000=130000/800=162.5 for a $2.13/seat hour.
Or to put it another way using above numbers a 2 hour flights crew pay rate costs are $325 now vs $450 at the higher pay rate proposed. $125 for a 2 hour flight is an afterthought compared to the cost of mx, fuel, the airplane itself, landing fees and on and on on.