Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
Yep, they sure do.
By that statement "poster chhild", who do you mean? It changes pretty quick. For a while it was ACA, then COMAIR, then AWAC, then XJT.
To be clear Rick, is it the pilots that "shoot for better than-than-average"? Or does management get to set them, and the pilots have little or no say? If the pilots have a say I think the the 70/90 seat rate would be better.
Don't forget, SKW pilots have never had to really negotiate anything. They have been able to ride the coattails of the unionized pilot groups to get their "average".
The poster-child was mesa...I guess you missed the sarcasm.
Management shoots for better-than-average but not better-than-everybody-else, the pilots have no say. After you include bonuses, it is better than average. Believe me, I researched it quite carefully before I switched regionals...I don't make the same mistake twice.
Yes, any non-union operation in a union industry rides the coattails so-to-speak.