Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Carl;
I used this years wages as a base for some figures a few pages back. Go look.
For every percent you gain off this years wages it is about 18 million more to the contract. Yes, that is on wages alone. You do the math.
Look ACL, I have done the math. Here's what you wrote previously:
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Carl at about 2.5 billion a year our costs are about 9% of the revenue intake a year. That is in today's environment. I do not have the data in front of me to state what they were in 2004, but suffice to say they were probably a lot higher.
The INCREASE of our wages is not 9% of revenue. The INCREASE of our wages annually is a very small amount of revenue. Thus my previous statement that our wage increases are such a small part of the profit equation, that we should NOT feel guilty about it.
Once again, I'm talking about the INCREASE in our wages, NOT our entire pilot payroll costs. Are we through talking past each other now?
I'll say it again:
If management needs below industry pilot pay in order to compete, that is an indication of management ineffectiveness - and thus, is NOT OUR PROBLEM!
Carl