Originally Posted by
jerryleber
Is it? How else would you compare all sorts of metrics between countries with disparate populations and at different stages of development? Per capita is how apples to apples comparisons of income, standard of living, consumption, etc. are made. It is much like using percentages and if one can't understand such simple metrics then they can be easily misinformed as is all too often the case.
A simple example would be comparing Alaska pilot pay to AA pilot pay. Obviously, we would not use how much each airline pays in total pilot compensation, would we?
I am still not sure what you are trying to communicate.
It sounds like you are advocating for dividing the entire company payroll/benefits amongst the entire pilot group to demonstrate total compensation.
Someone points out you are not allowed to smoke at Alaska and that’s driving down healthcare benefit cost, lowering benefits cost per capita and you are repeating that it’s the only fair way and not hard to understand.
“Obviously Alaska pilot’s total compensation is less because their employer spends less for health care coverage per capita”