Originally Posted by
Eric Stratton
After all of United's pay cut's, who's contract and pay is better? United or Virgin?
This is a rediculous hypothetical scenario but since you asked... If you were hired at United today or Virgin today, you would make more money at Virgin. Since Virgin doesn't have a contract per se, it would be tough to compare apples to apples. That being said, people who work for VA are happy, people who work for UAL are extremely unhappy. That speaks for itself.
Do you really think that LCC's don't have an impact on the rest of the industry? If there product is so much better and they run a tighter ship than the legacies, why can't they pay their employee's the same? We all know that lower wages equal lower fares.
I see your reading comprehension is pi$$ poor at best. I never said anywhere in my posts that LCCs don't have an impact. I merely stated that to think that UAL's degrading contract doesn't impact the industry just as much, if not more, is not valid.
If and when a new company starts to generate a profit and is stable, don't you think the labor groups will start asking for their share? Every US airline paid their pilots like crap initially and over time the pilot groups negotiated for their fair share.
You can't start at the top, it doesn't work that way.