Originally Posted by SkyHigh

Mike,

What about JetBlue, Virgin America, Allegiant, Frontier, Airtran, Aloha etc.. ?? If you force your companies to pay above what the market will bare then you will assure your eventual demise. That type of thinking is what toppled the legacy carriers.

We have a capitalist economy and a huge growing glut of trained and experienced pilots. Most of them would fly a 737 for one third of what you are earning now. Our skills are not very rare or difficult to get anymore. It takes less time to become to go from zero to a trained and licensed 737 FO than it takes to become licenced to cut hair. It is more difficult to become qualified to enter someones house and replace a light switch for pay than to get a commercial pilots licence.

Free market dynamics will prove that these conditions will only serve to lower pay and benefits. Any artificial means to raise pay will only have a negative result. You might have better luck if you wrote your congressman and asked him to install a law that would fix pilot wages nationwide.

SkyHigh