Originally Posted by
VisionWings
You’re funny that you think we’d get a raise.
look all over the industry at how pay rates have stagnated.
purchasing power for 1990 on $40,000 household income. It would be almost $170,000.
pay rates haven’t increased. While costs have.
people need to go listen to “flying the line” and realize how important the RLA is.
As Silva said. It’s not that we don’t like the RLA, it’s the speed of the RLA. The company is allowed to drag their feet for eons while we are not allowed to violate the status quo. The RLA simply needs a refresh to move the needle back to the middle more.
The seniority list is also part of the problem in this case. The company knows that seniority is everything in our business so those that would have otherwise left, have not. A working groups greatest asset is the ability quit for another job. “Speak with your feet.” Most of the time that is not a realistic option under a Seniority list based system. While not technically true the reality is that many senior pilots are trapped at the company they work for.