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01-06-2008, 06:44 PM
#153
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01-07-2008, 04:35 AM
#156
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Posts: 137
Junior Pilots Rule
Thank you for the comment. During the "Regulated" period of airline history, pilot pay became a function "Captain's Pay." In other words, the high-cost "leader" established the baseline and all other pilot pay was figured as a percentage of it. That system worked fine in a highly protected, non-competitive era, and that is still the way that pilots envision the process.
Unfortunately for pilots (but great for management), in the deregulated, "open market," it is the low-cost leader that sets the standard for which pilots are willing to sell their services. From the executive perspective, that would be the lowest paid, similarly-skilled pilot. It is easy to see that if junior pilot, Bill, possesses the same basic skillset as senior pilot, Mike, yet is working for half of Mike's pay, company executives can easily make overtures to the junior pilot that will cause division between the two.
By not altering pay differentials in the last 30 years, pilots have created a situation in which the company can make a better offer to the junior pilots than their own fellow pilots are willing to make. This dilemma effectively paralyzes pilots from taking any substantive job action on their own behalf. The senior pilots cannot strike because the have too much to lose, and junior pilots will not strike because they have to much to gain.
The downward trend in pilot salaries and working conditions are a function of a built-in conflict that pilots, themselves, have created. Until this conflict is resolved, we can expect more of the same. The current crop of FedEx union officers along with those who will soon take office have not indicated any change from the status quo. They talk about "better communication," but they do not appear to have anything new to communicate.
If you are interested, you may read a section titled "Junior Pilots Rule" at this site:
http://www.foundationx.com/pilot/compete/
Bob
Thank you for the comment. During the "Regulated" period of airline history, pilot pay became a function "Captain's Pay." In other words, the high-cost "leader" established the baseline and all other pilot pay was figured as a percentage of it. That system worked fine in a highly protected, non-competitive era, and that is still the way that pilots envision the process.
Unfortunately for pilots (but great for management), in the deregulated, "open market," it is the low-cost leader that sets the standard for which pilots are willing to sell their services. From the executive perspective, that would be the lowest paid, similarly-skilled pilot. It is easy to see that if junior pilot, Bill, possesses the same basic skillset as senior pilot, Mike, yet is working for half of Mike's pay, company executives can easily make overtures to the junior pilot that will cause division between the two.
By not altering pay differentials in the last 30 years, pilots have created a situation in which the company can make a better offer to the junior pilots than their own fellow pilots are willing to make. This dilemma effectively paralyzes pilots from taking any substantive job action on their own behalf. The senior pilots cannot strike because the have too much to lose, and junior pilots will not strike because they have to much to gain.
The downward trend in pilot salaries and working conditions are a function of a built-in conflict that pilots, themselves, have created. Until this conflict is resolved, we can expect more of the same. The current crop of FedEx union officers along with those who will soon take office have not indicated any change from the status quo. They talk about "better communication," but they do not appear to have anything new to communicate.
If you are interested, you may read a section titled "Junior Pilots Rule" at this site:
http://www.foundationx.com/pilot/compete/
Bob
Last edited by rjlavender; 01-07-2008 at 05:51 AM.
01-07-2008, 06:15 AM
#158
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Posts: 169
Training Letter
DC10
Start Awdd Pilot Employee Curr Approx.
Date Type Seat Pilot Name Senr# Number Post Seat EndDate
——————— ——————— ———— ———————————————————— ————— —————————— ———— ———— ———————
__________________________________________________ ___________________________
01OCT09 Trans. M10S Cxxxxx, GEORGE 104 xxxxx A60 M11C 19DEC09
__________________________________________________ ___________________________
You need to change it.
DC10
Start Awdd Pilot Employee Curr Approx.
Date Type Seat Pilot Name Senr# Number Post Seat EndDate
——————— ——————— ———— ———————————————————— ————— —————————— ———— ———— ———————
__________________________________________________ ___________________________
01OCT09 Trans. M10S Cxxxxx, GEORGE 104 xxxxx A60 M11C 19DEC09
__________________________________________________ ___________________________
You need to change it.
01-07-2008, 09:23 AM
#160
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Position: MD11 F/O
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