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Old 03-09-2023, 07:54 PM
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https://onemileatatime.com/insights/pilot-pay-raises-sustainable/

Are the rates achieved by DL and likely UA and AA sustainable?
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Yes. They are sustainable.

The simple fact is that even at these rates, pilot labor costs are a fraction of the total costs associated with operating a flight on a per hour basis.

We are not overpaid.

Put 120 pax on an airplane with a 1.0 block. Pay both pilots $500/hour. $8.33 of each seat on that flight goes to paying the pilots.
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Interesting how pilot wages are "unsustainable" but fleecing of the airlines via stock buybacks and bonuses is all peachy...
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76 View Post
Interesting how pilot wages are "unsustainable" but fleecing of the airlines via stock buybacks and bonuses is all peachy...
Nailed it.

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I like how the author talks about 500K for Captains and 300K for FOs like its some new concept. Ah that’s been going on at SWA for like 10 years, and I think SWA has done ok in that time.
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Originally Posted by Swapapotamoose View Post
https://onemileatatime.com/insights/...s-sustainable/

Are the rates achieved by DL and likely UA and AA sustainable?
This has got to be a joke, right? I mean seriously….
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This has got to be a joke, right? I mean seriously….
Its whipsawing. I saw on a FA social media group of FAs losing their minds that "Greedy pilots are gonna bankrupt us!" Its just a way for corporate to pit the work groups against one another.
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This is when you know this piece is bs:

“Airlines can’t just raise fares because costs go up, because they already charge as much as the market can sustain.”
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