Originally Posted by
Powderkeg
While I like the sentiment of your comment…we’ve always said the business model the company uses to make money is irrelevant to our job, so the pay should be commensurate with anybody else flying the same equipment. Under your argument, if Delta decided to outfit their A350s with 100 first class seats they could demand to make those pilots work for 717 pay rates. I’ll just stick to expecting to be paid what Delta”s A321neo pilots are paid.
While on the surface, your argument makes sense, in practicality is does not. And, it's quite silly to propose such.
The airline must, first and foremost, make money. A 350 w/ 100 FC seats won't. It's been tried. EVERYONE knows this so proposing it to make a point is the definition of a strawman.
We should be paid commensurate w/ the # of people the aircraft can carry. How much each passenger paid, whether the plane has wifi, whatever, is NOT our concern. We ensure the safety of 247 people on a fully loaded 321. It's that simple. The business model of HOW the company makes it's money is independent of the # of people flying. And if BB wants to lower the seat count just to pay less, he better be sure that plan will work. Otherwise,
We should be paid 767 rates. If we have to MODIFY the business model to do so, then I expect a management team that is intelligent/savvy enough to make those adjustments. This airlines USED to not be low cost. SWA started that way but aren't anymore. Even Spirit has a big front seat.