Originally Posted by
Wingdeagle11
Since you mention Atlas and K4, were these pay rates valid in year 7 of these companies’ existence or did it take them years and multiple contracts to get to the current salary level ? No one is arguing that WGA pay is lower than other ACMIs (adjustments have been recently made and hopefully more to come), comparing a fairly young company to an already established one is apples and oranges. Some choose to be on the road 18-20 days, fly 50-60 hours and be a part of a new, growing team, while some like 16 days and 90-100 hours with an already established company and a higher salary. In today’s aviation industry we all have choices.
You're drawing from the same pool of pilots as every other airline. And WGA is seemingly well established in the same AMC and subservice segments that the other airlines mentioned. Finally, quite a wide gulf between being ij survival mode in the 2000s and the recent white hot economy in a tight labor market. Circling back to a previous point... why are you pigeon holding yourself into accepting less money when more is on the table?