Originally Posted by
JDFlyer
Thanks for the detailed post. Not many of us ever take the time to post such a detailed point of view, especially with graphs to support an argument. Usually responses are one or two sentence sarcastic comments.
The only things I would point out in response to your post is:
1) Skywest pilots already get a pay raise every 1 year anniversary of their hire date. Your data does not account for these annual raises. I don't really care to argue semantics over what the word "raise" means. But suffice it to say, my paycheck gets bigger every twelve months regardless of whether we agree to take 1% more from management.
By choice I work for a non-ALPO carrier and my next airline job will be with a non-ALPO carrier.
Are you talking about longevity raises with this 1%, or does the entire graph go up 1% per year? Or a better way to ask, once you get to year 12 (or whatever year you top out at), do you get an additional 1% year raise?
Pay is all about pattern bargaining between carriers. I don't know of an airline out there that doesn't have longevity increases, so I wouldn't consider that a "raise". Just my opinion, but you really SHOULD argue about the semantics of what a "raise" means. A 1% per year raise means that your buying power will be less 5 years from now than it is today.
You can bash unions all you want, but you benefit from the work they do.