Originally Posted by
8ballfreight
I could see a "pass through costs" being set up by the majors.
70-80 seats rj pilots are put on salary across the board.
FOs get $65000
Captains $125000
It doesn't matter how much or little you fly, junior guys get run about 100 hours a month and seniority buys the 70-80 hour lines.
So pilot compensation is pulled out of the rfp but all the other overhead variables apply. That is the only way a major could insure that while paying more for a contract, the contractor will actually use the money to attract applicants.
A c+ scale is cheaper than an A scale, plus frequency is still intact.
Just a possibility.
I thought the appeal of outsourcing from the majors was the cheaper cost of pilot labor. When you factor in the costs of redundant departments required by having a second operator certificate operate your flights (MX, dispatch, scheduling, etc.) you have to cut costs in other areas. Mgmt loves to use us as a scapegoat for their cost overruns, and if that excuse goes away, then the redundant costs have no more offset, negating the utility of outsourced "regional" flying. If that plan went forward, they might as well just absorb all their outsourced flying.
I think we'd all love to see it, of course!