Originally Posted by
EngineOut
Thanks for your thoughts, but it's a pretty myopic viewpoint.
Those industry-leading payscales that were hard fought in the past don't lead to success in the future. You think we've been kickin' tail for the last 10 years? It sure wasn't from getting Horizon wages...or Comair wages...or Air Wisconsin wages.
You see sir, it's a fine balance between what's fair, practical, and possible. CRJ200 base rate is all three in my opinion. Higher margins for United and SkyWest, increased opportunity for the SkyWest pilots and, most importantly, sustainability.
You may have been kicking tail for the last 10 years because you weren't getting Horizon, Comair, or AWAC wages but you can sure thank them for what you do get in your wages.
Originally Posted by
JetJock16
To date “Jerry and Friends” have proven to be very trustworthy. Also keep in mind that if SKW Mgmnt wanted something (Q’s rates at EMB +5% or RJ pay cuts) they could always just do it, after all we are non-union.
To date SKW has always paid a “fair” wage. Yes not an industry leading but total compensation wise it is very competitive. And yes we didn't have to fight for it; those at Comair, ASA, XJT, Mesaba, etc did the work for us many years ago. I wish more would realize that without the support of “others” there would be no “ours.”
The bottom line is that you will never get what you could potentially can without collective bargaining. We need collective bargaining at financially strong airlines like SKW to put upward pressure on wages ala SWA, FDX, UPS, NJA, etc.
By the way, doesn't SKW already have pay rates for that size aircraft? I'm too lazy right now to look it up. As a side note, another thing that JA and Co wanted from their buyout of XJT was a pre-negotiated rate for Q400.
