Originally Posted by
crjay
In the construction industry there is a "prevailing wage". It is based on many factors, do some research. I would recommend google.
While working for a regional airline (as an FO) I make appx. $25,000 pay & Benefits. While working on prevaling wage construction jobs as an Electrician I made around $115,000. Prevailing Wage (Davis-Bacon) could be very easily done in the airline industry because most airlines recieve some kind of Government subsidy that would be cut off if they choose not to pay prevailing wage...........
You are trying to recreate the wheel.
I'm a big fan of setting wages across the industry to prevent whipsaw. Though my fear is if it's a government controlled wage (like Davis-Bacon) who then gets to set these wages? I would imagine there would be massive lobbying between ALPA and the airlines to tweak these wages up and down. Chances are, in light of cheap air fare, we'd probably lose every time.