Originally Posted by
AdiosMikeFox
Dunno. I made it on $40 thousand for a decade and didn't need food stamps. Of course, I didn't have a new car, a Bose headset, iPad/phone, designer much anything, didn't blow $ on expensive bar tabs, brought my own crew cooler... Just depends on what one expects as a lifestyle. All that and I still pass traveled to Europe at least a half-dozen times for some great vacations.
No food stamps, but there were months it would've taken a load off to have them.
You made it on 40k for a decade because you most likely have a level headed, common sense approach to living.
It doesn't change the fact that the pay was disgraceful then and it's still disgraceful. Management is having to apply these high dollar "bonus" bandaids because nobody wants to be a pilot for ***t wages anymore.
Management may or may not realize that their pilots are a vanishing asset. I would lean toward no as they are still trying to low ball their way out of this crisis with "bonuses" that they think they can retract down the road. I think it's really, really close to blowing up in their face. RAH is already cancelling a percentage of their daily flights. I don't know how many other carriers are, but it won't be long before you start hearing talk about cancellations everywhere spreading like wildfire.
Envoy management is exceptionally stupid as they actually have a bit of overage in terms of assets (pilots) now that they spent the last 3 years trying to run off.