Originally Posted by
skywatch
Question - I keep reading about the regional airlines wherein the management gets huge salaries and the pilots suffer because of it - does anyone have any hard numbers here? For example, what % of the total SkyWest payroll goes to the CEO and the CFO? It would be pretty powerful if it were in fact true that these guys are taking a substantial part of the profits of the company, rather than the actual folks doing the work...
You got it backwards. Management gets paid the high wages
because they make the pilots suffer. By lowering expenses management is rewarded.
Its our own fault for showing up for the wages and working conditions that they offer.
If managements wages were cut they would simply quit and find a better job. Pilots only complain.
If pilots want to make a better living then they should go to business school, get an MBA and then jump into the management shark tank. You will either emerge as a big fish or get eaten.
SkyHigh