Originally Posted by
Eric Stratton
How long did it take southwest to catch up in terms of pay? How long for jetblue or airtran?
How much time should we give them? If you don't want to give them a time frame, how big can they get before they should be caught up?
Or do we just not hold these pilots accountable at all?
So in your opinion there should never be anymore startups, right? No one has the right to start a company unless they offer absolute top dollar. I've never heard of a startup either in or out of aviation able to do that.
Startups are a gamble, they offer the chance to grow with the company with hopefully a modest paycheck, or they go under. Then, if they survive and as they take root their labor groups can negotiate better packages. Also I refer to startups as in Virgin America or Jetblue, a stand alone company offering their own product. Both companies I've heard are good to work for, but don't pay top dollar.