Originally Posted by
texaspilot76
Payrates are a very small portion of the total operating cost of an airline. You can't judge how expensive it is to run a copany on hourly pay rates alone.
This is exactly why this comparison tells us nothing. Crews can make identical amounts and be vastly different percentage of the costs. It all depends on what "costs" the airline has.
Example: Crew costs $200/hr and the airline has costs of $1000/hr =20%
Crew Costs $200/hr and the airline has costs of $2000/hr =10%
The more total costs the company has the lower the percentage the crew cost will make up. So you could have skyhigh costs and have a small percentage of that cost be crew costs.
This guy wasted his time.....and now mine.