Originally Posted by JDFlyer

Perhaps an analogy is best used to finish this response. Take the McDonald's in the F Concourse at O'Hare. Those of us that work there regularly know it well. Because I am friends with a Skywest FO who's father is a big whig at McDonald's corporate in Chicago, I know that, that particular McDonalds is very, very profitable. Now if you were the owner of that McDonalds, would you pay your fry-guy, or your order-taker more than industry average for the job they are doing for you just because your particular McDonald's is a printing press for cash?

I dare predict that your answer would be a resounding NO. If the "market" price for a fry-guy is $10/hour that is what you are going to pay them. And if they will not do it for $10 but will for $11, you are a sucker as a business owner to pay the $11 if there are 10 other people with resumes in your desk who will do it for $10.

If you or any other Skywest FO votes NO, I respect your opinion. I wish other posters on this thread would respect my opinion for voting YES. As I said in an earlier post, if you vote NO, I would encourage you to volunteer your time and effort to work with your SAPA Rep to move forward with an alternate pay proposal. I am not in favor of this money staying in the hands of management any longer than it needs to. All they are going to do is keep earning interest on it, laughing all the way to the bank while we take 6 months or a year to "figure it out."

(Before anybody gets their panties in a wad because they think I am comparing the fry-guy at McDonalds to a Skywest FO, all I have to say is get over yourself. My analogy is about a fundamental business principal, not about demeaning anybody in our profession.)