Originally Posted by
rickair7777
You can grade many jobs on efficiency and innovation, but this isn't one of them.
Airline pilots can't really innovate... it's way too regulated.
In aviation in general, there's a very fine line between efficiency and safety shortcuts. While much of corporate aviation operates in or below that grey area, most airlines do not.
Returning to flying from being a mid level manager in a non aviation field one of the first things I noticed flying again was how nice it was not being micro managed; isn't that one of the perks of this career? I guess they could pay someone 100k a year to sit in every jump seat and micro manage so we can have the privilege of being paid on performance instead of seniority and experience.
I seem to remember reading Continental used to pay based on efficiency (fuel burn), so all the pilots would throttle back to get the bonus. Continental had the worst on time performance and went bankrupt, but they were saving money!!!