Originally Posted by
bull
Just curious…what is your justification for the same pay for a 350/777 carrying 300+ people around the World vs a 737 carrying 180 people around the US? Traditionally, more expensive aircraft, generating more revenue, carrying more people, operating in more challenging environments (language, rules, etc), tend to pay more. I’m genuinely interested and not trying to start anything…full disclosure I don’t work for SWA and would love to see you all get $400/hour. I’m just trying to figure how that is in the ZOR with Delta’s latest AIP
The idea is that we don’t have any other option to advance to higher paying jets due to how this company is built which in turn saves the company a metric ton of cash having a single fleet. If we can’t advance and the company profits off that we should as well.
I honestly don’t think there is a significant skill gap that someone flying a 737 vs a 777 that couldn’t be overcome with some training and line experience. It’s not like we are somehow not mentally capable of learning the additional skills.