Originally Posted by
CBreezy
You aren't boiling it down. You're muddying in the water. Why not boil it down even more? Really, it's the passengers who are paying the Republic pilots so they should just be charged more.
The passengers are already paying enough. The 3 majors will make $10-$15 billion in profit annually. They will need to funnel that money to the regional pilot's salaries if they want them to maintain that staffing. If they don't then the regionals will continue to have staffing issues.
Originally Posted by
CBreezy
The contractor's contract is locked in. What do you think happens in 2018 when the bonus expires? Has anyone talked about the Endeavor pay rates? Why do you really think Delta offered $80k in bonuses and didn't just add $20k to the pilot pay scales? It's because this was a temporary fix to them hemorrhaging pilots. It definitely stopped the bleeding.
If the contractor can't staff your flying, are you just going to deal with the cancelled flights? No, you take them over ala Pinnacle, or you pay them more money so they can pay their pilots more, so they can staff their flying.
Originally Posted by
Name User
Delta won't pay more just so AA has staffing, and United won't pay more to staff Delta. They would all have to pitch in, what's the likelihood of that happening?
Not to mention, there are companies that can staff. Just not Republic. The new agreement would help everyone there and significantly raise first year pay.
Again, if they decide not to pay Republic more money, then Republic won't be able to staff their flying and someone else will. Problem is, no other regional can staff that flying now, unless they make more money.