Originally Posted by
PasserOGas
Did you notice that the comparison guide format changed dramatically? That they present the same data in a new way to make it look better? Did you notice that they omit all of the areas we are way behind? Did you notice that we are near the bottom on pay? (The one they couldn't omit and its hard to massage.)
And what is their purpose of putting stats on the number of pilots and aircraft we have vs. everyone else?
Is this to infer a datum plane for comparison? E.g. we deserve less pay because we have less people and less airplanes?
Notice how they didn't advertise this:
Notice how they didn't run various bottom line comparisons. E.g.
- 2nd year FO doing 70 hrs of credit/month (commuter) not flying redeyes except for maybe 0 to 1 times/month.
- 10yr FO doing 100 hrs of credit who lives in base picking up RSAs (juicer).
- 1st yr Captain on Reserve commuting from West coast.
- 5th yr Captain with a low-end line commuting from New Mexico doing 70-75 hrs/month.
- 15 yr Captain getting Aruba day turns, picking up RSAs, getting trips with DHs on the end (career juicer).
Let's see a bottom line calculator that shows bottom line pay, bottom line days off, etc.
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