Originally Posted by
robthree
Because I have one vote. And a Union is a democracy. So I try to communicate my views to other voters to convince them that they deserve more.
Delta connection pilots are peers with mainline pilots, they just don't realize it. Or think its just easier to buy in to the system because one day they too can fly a mainline jet.
The only argument that they are not peers is because they fly different scale equipment to different destinations. Destinations that would otherwise not be served.
As both Southern and FedEx fly 777 from HKG to their US hub, that argument does not hold true either. It costs the customer about $200 to ship from HKG to the US on either carrier, but FedEx pilots make about twice what I do. Same plane, same route, same revenue. Half the gross pay, and lets not even start with benefits.
Where did the money go? That's the real question.
Delta Connection pilots peers with Delta pilots? The very moment their Delta wings are pinned at class graduation ceremony. Let's say tomorrow morning, Dan & Dave agree over breakfast they've been a real pair of sheets and direct SAI to give Rob3 what he deserves; parity with FedEx scale, a pension, hell everything, and have it sent up like room service. Might be a little shortfall on the books come next month but, no problem, we'll just go on down to Plantation and tell the customer our CMI block rates have doubled. When they stare at us mouths open, we'll respond, "Costs $200 to ship HKG/MEM dudes, so where'd the money go?"