Originally Posted by
Koolaidman
I know this has been discussed time and time again, but I don't know if people have looked at it in this light. I was on APC and looked at some new startup airlines' pay scales. In particular, Virgin America, scumbus and Lynx. All pay scales are pathetic, yet I assume that none are having trouble getting pilots. Since the ALPA vote was shot down at SkyWest, I haven't heard too much union stuff on here lately. Are there any companies out there that have any hope of raising pay back up?
I saw Alaska is in negotiations. What about RAH, TSA, Pinnacle and whoever else is in negotiations? I assume with the economy, gas, etc. not much will get accomplished. Does anyone have any good news?
NO. Why would it? I mean, when most of the people on this forum think that they make enough money anyway. In previous posts, whenever I raised the subject of substandard pay I was met with ridicule and criticism. Comments like "if you don't like the the pay then get out!" Maybe in Europe it will because Europeans have stronger labor unions and are people overall are less acceptant of big corporations taking their pay away and passing the savings to the CEO's, but in The United States it will only go down even further. Pilots think that getting paid in peanuts is ok and the management is not going to force a pay raise...