Originally Posted by
captainL
What??? We deserve industry standard?????
F that. Last I checked we are now flying for the largest airline with the most synergies and routes and blah blah blah. Smisek certainly didn't get industry standard with his package. I fully expect darn near industry leading. I don't hear any southwest pilots complaining about the money they make inhibiting their future career. Maybe I am not understanding you here and I apologize.
AMEN Brother! Sing it. They keep telling us we are the biggest and the best while they give themselves industry leading pay. Well, compensate me like I'm the biggest and the best. Besides, pilot pay accounts for, what, 6% of the airline costs? With $1.5 Billion in annual synergies, they can afford it.
At UAL we gave up $3 Billion in concessions. Almost every dollar of that was squandered on bad fuel hedges, special dividends, and poor decisions regarding loan repayment. If management had done NOTHING with regards to those 3 thing we could still be making C2000 wages and be in the same spot!