Originally Posted by
Roverruckus
The WGA chat seems pretty quiet compared to some of the other ACMI companies, so I guess that can be taken as a good thing. But looking at what they have to offer they seem kinda of behind on a lot of aspects. 17 days on, Junior manning, Economy tickets, daily payrates that make it impossible to credit more without working into your days off. Am I missing the forest for the trees or are my assumptions pretty correct estimating the lifestyle of WGA folks?
You are missing the forest. People in general, in order to be happy only want a few things. They want to work at a job doing something they don’t generally consider work(Flying). They want to be treated with respect by their employer. They want to be part of something that is evolving.
Herb at Southwest figured that out so many years ago and built a pretty successful airline.
In the end, happy people do not care a lot about how much they work or how much they are paid unless one of the above things is missing. Pilots on this board spend way too much time writing about the negative aspects.
Perhaps WGA represents that for those folks just like K4 is for me.