Originally Posted by
Joachim
Breeze pilots making less puts near zero downwards pressure on industry wages. Their size and marketshare is so negligible and their pilot group so small that they have no impact. Should Breeze ever grow to be a major player, as to make a dent in the pilot job market, they would need to offer competitive packages as well. I suggest anyone who is worried about their own disposition because of a startup airline change tactics from vinegar to honey. These guys are going to need to battle their way up in terms and conditions just like SWA and UPS pilots had to in the past decades. Offer some support and mentorship. If you can’t do it because you’re a decent human being do it for your own selfish sake.
They have 126 planes on property or on order, with more options, and plans to get more than that. Saying they don’t matter and don’t affect the industry is naive, from both a market share and labor wage standpoint. They likely won’t make it into contract comparison guides in the next year or two, but by the end of this negotiating cycle (2-3 years maybe for most majors?) and certainly the next cycle will contain their rates as points of comparison.