Originally Posted by
SaturnV
Which Legacy has captains costing 50% more than LCC Captains? I’m guessing Southwest and JetBlue are the two main LCC and they both pay 12 year captains ~$270/hr vs. The Legacies paying ~$285/hr for the same equipment.
Maybe 1,500 out of 15,000 at any given Legacy are WB Captains costing 30% more than LCC Captains but still not 50% more. The majority of Legacy captains cost about 5% more over LCC captains if we are just talking straight pay scales.
I’m not trying to be pedantic, just seemed like 50% was way too large of an over reach.
Bonus points for using the word “pedantic”. Didn’t know what it meant, looked it up, turns out I might be a pedant. Also, I think you’re being a tiny bit pedantic. But I’m glad. Because I learned something from the ensuing discussion.