Originally Posted by LivingInMEM

Management gets locality pay because that is what it takes to get quality candidates to live there. Pilots don't because they will take the job at a 16k/yr salary and suffer outrageous work rules hoping to go to the majors.

My 2 observations. 1 - No one is forced into the aviation career field. 2 - Companies won't give their employees more money than they have to out of the goodness of their heart, unless that is the business of the company (i.e. Goodwill, etc).

Originally Posted by JungleBus

I have a slightly different take on it.

Mgmt gets locality pay because they need a decent compensation package to attract high-quality candidates.
Flight crew gets crap pay because management doesn't see the need for high-quality candidates. They've pretty much convinced themselves that a monkey can fly a modern airliner. The fact that pilots are *willing* to work for bananas just confirms their suspicions!