Originally Posted by
sailingfun
We went through this in the nineties when GA went after all the SLI's. A large number returned to the line. It was rumored the company paid the tax for some to keep the training department open. The same thing applies for full time ALPA work out of the ATL HQ.
Do they pay the tax now though? Some say they pay 777 rates even to FO's who can't hold it to try and sweeten the pot. The tax issue is simply beyond their control. I can't see them paying it for some and not others. A free hotel and/or positive space with commutable skeds would get them all the applicants they could handle anyway.
In any case I'd think the majority of SLI's live in states that have a tax anyway, and most of those are equal to or greater than GA and you can (I think?) credit that against your own state's.