Originally Posted by
dracir1
That argument is easily quelled w/ common sense.
If your company isn't profitable while paying the employees 40% less than other companies that are turning a profit, then labor costs obviously aren't the problem.
Also, pilot (and flight attendants) are DIRECT labor. Mgt labor is indirect. The more direct labor you lose (due to attrition), the more directly your product is affected. More thought should be put into the # of VPs we seem to have (and their salaries).
What you don't have is the global reach, the massive credit card deals and the higher end class of service that the big three have. They are not your peers.
And most certainly, the NMB will NEVER look at a 321 as a pay comparative to a wide-body, no matter how many bodies you put in that 321. They never have and they never will.