Originally Posted by
Invisible Man
Exactly.
What do you think mainline management used to pick our pay rates. Contracts at Regional airlines and airlines like jetblue.
Regional pay has always been way to low. And management will always use it as a whipsaw. So again it's the chicken and the egg argument. And that's why both mainline (giving up scope) and the regionals (accepting low wages) are to blame.
IM
So it was regional pay rates they looked at when management only decided to give wide body CA's $300+/hr and narrow body $200+/hr?
Are you sure you want to make the statement that regionals "accept" low wages?
Using the logic you have in this thread, AWAC, COMAIR, ACA (pre I-Air), and SkyWest had that pay "forced" on them. They didn't get to "accept" it as you put. To take it even further, PCL and ASA have had to "accept" a passive concession as management has dragged thier feet. PCL is STILL in that position.