Originally Posted by
BobSacamano
We’re talking about pilot pay. The economics of CEO comp have nothing to do with this discussion. It’s a different market with different forces at work and I’m not going to make this thread any more unserious than it’s already become by humoring that point.
We all want to maximize our comp. And you know that carping about “the same pay rate as everyone else in the industry” is a meaningless tagline because you’re ignoring the Airbus pilots who make less than us. You’re cherry picking DAL rates without acknowledging that their RASM is something like almost twice ours. And you’re ignoring the fact that even Spirit rates are arguably unsupportable given the available evidence.
We’ve got to get smarter than this about making our case.
It's not our problem if the company isn't making enough money to pay us industry standard. If they can't afford it they can change their model or go bankrupt and let us be bought by a bigger fish. They don't get an Airbus pilot discount because their revenue is less.