Originally Posted by
thepotato232
Per your example, $6,000,000,000 of revenue generated by 100,000 employees works out to $60,000.00 worth of revenue per employee.
$400,000,000 of revenue generated by 3,000 employees, on the other hand, is $133,333.33 per head.
But maybe that logic is flawed. Since we are just talking about pilots, let's try dividing revenue by approximate pilot group size, again using your example:
UAL: $6,000,000,000 ÷ 13,000 = $461,538.46
K4: $400,000,000 ÷ 800 = $500,000.00
It is also worth noting that there are considerably smaller well-paid pilot groups at corporate flight operations that generate an order of magnitude less revenue than what we're talking about, and they throw the math even further. I had the privilege of flying for one overseas while the US airline industry went through a decade or so of soul-searching. In those deeply unfair times, many of us made more than the widebody captains that flew us back and forth to recurrent Stateside.
There may be plenty of reasons why Kalitta does not have an industry-leading contract, but presenting your logic as though it is a hard and fast rule of business suggests a need to examine the issue further. As others have said, employers pay what they need to. The recent behavior of the company suggests that Contract 2021 is no longer sufficient in their eyes, either.
I knew somebody would take exception to my math. It was a 2 minute cursory look at the web. I knew the data was there and just roughly regurgitated it. The results reflect that, and it's why I'm a pilot. LOL. The data is there, though. I'm aware of the pay overseas. They HAVE TO pay that to entice FAA Rated expats to leave the mainland. Supply and demand. And you saw what happened to all of those pilots during the pandemic.
Corporate... Not even a fair comparison. There's a reason people are fleeing corporate right now. No training slots, no movement, impending doom in the economy, no job security, no real retirement, no schedule. We can go on and on. Point being that there is no perfect. I'd GLADLY trade in a Gulfstream for a 747 right now. When G600 Captains with 8,000 hours and 10 years of job history flying large cabin airplanes get put on the street, it tends to make everyone nervous.
There is no perfect in this industry. Head over to the Legacy boards in this forum and you'll see that. You gotta get a seat at the table where you can make enough to take care of you and your family and work it into a schedule that works for you and them. That's my .02. Worth what you paid for it.