Originally Posted by
Colnago
Not quite. It's the demand for such low paying jobs that's the problem, even if no one is undercutting the other's 20K job. If there's still demand for a 20K job (i.e. you willing to take the other guy's 20K job), there will never be progress. I think it's pretty simple. Even when the economy was going well, you would still hear comments from guys not in the airlines yet telling other airline guys complaining about being on reserve too long or any other sort of complain, "I'd readily trade spots with you."
Nah, I'd say not quite. I used to make the supply and demand argument, but I stopped since I've become an airline pilot.
Due to the RLA and mgmt's ability to open the pool of applicants, wages only go down. I'll agree with you that a surplus drives wages down, but a shortage does not drive wages up. Need more pilots, lower the mins! Don't wanna negotiate higher wages? Wait for a downturn!