Originally Posted by
tsquare
Interesting stat. So by comparison, FedEx pilots are vastly underpaid for the contribution they make to the company. Not saying one or the other is better.. but I find your quote interesting.
The one thing you can not compare though.. and I know some may roll eyes and laugh.. is the travel perk. My wife and I have been all over the world on DAL... and while you have limited benefit for that on SWA.. it is zero on FedEx... Like I said, not sayin that one is better than the other... just sayin'
But as you say.. almost every headache I have had too has been passenger related, but those are few and far... far between..
Yeah that's a really good point. For me personally I love SWA as a company but don't really enjoy flying on them and almost never buy tix for the family on them but, in general, those travel perks are great. I saw a UAL friend over in Europe last summer taking his 16 year old daughter on vacation and they flew intl business class the whole way (would have gone first but UAL has a policy against minors in the front for free) - now that's a fantastic perk - not to mention that your retired parents can also use it.