Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
That's certainly the philosophy of many airline CEOs these days. But when you build a house, do you hire the cheapest licensed subcontractors available? That will work, but there may be an additional price down the road. Someone else may have to pay it, of course.
Sub contractors compete on the open market. They do not have union contracts to artificially inflate their rates. If they get to far out of line then they go hungry.
Since deregulation free market forces have been putting downward pressure on pilot wages. Why is it that one 737 captain for a 121 airline might make 60K while another makes 120K for flying the same plane on the same routes?
Eventually they both will be at 60K.
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