ThirdSeatHero
Veteran
WorldTraveler said:DL has long had a history of paying its people more because they gain increased efficiency.
It's really quite amazing that you find it dubious for DL to use the very same strategy that WN uses; the only difference is that DL is not unionized for most employee groups while WN is.
dispense with the nonsense that DL acts to keep unions out even though DL uses a strategy that existed long before WN was ever around.
DL hasn't always been on top pay wise, and I'll spare you the suspense, they won't always be in the future either. No airline has, and No airline will.
The airline industry is cyclical, and speaking from MX, for years prior to the Legacy mergers a host of other airlines held the top spot for pay and DL coasted along at 3 or 4 and always would throw out increases when the MX started union grumbling. DL would go up a few spots, and then the other carriers would get new contracts and DLs right back to 3 or 4.
DL increased the majority of its non union labor groups to at or near top scale recently to obviously grease the skids in merger related representational elections.
The true test will come soon, when AA and/or UA MX exceed DL pay in their new agreements.
Will DL raise their MX back on top, or drift down into the 2-3 position again