Originally Posted by
Dan64456
I apologize if this has been brought up before or may sound cliché... But I've been thinking.
If they would add 25 cents to the total cost of a ticket per passenger per hour of flight, and give it to the F/O, or even split it between the captain and the F/O, this would help bring the F/O above the poverty line. This would add up to like 700 extra dollars per month (On a 37 seater with seats filled) if it were just going to the F/O... No one would complain about the quarter either.
Why hasn't this been considered?
If they could get 25 cents more per pax, they would... and they would keep it themselves, since it is already a given that if you won't take the job for poverty wages and a non existant quality of life...
the next guy will.