http://www.aanegotiations.com/apaWages.asp
American would like to create greater opportunities for pilots to increase their earning power through a model that links higher earnings/W2 to higher productivity and will negotiate with the APA in an effort to achieve this goal.
Achieving a competitive pilot cost per block hour is critical. At American, significant drivers of pilot cost per block hour are wage rates, pensions, vacation, pay guarantees, sick time, social security benefits, profit sharing, health benefits and training.
Block hours represent the actual amount of time a pilot spends operating an aircraft - from the time the plane pushes back from the departure gate to the time it's parked at the arrival gate. How much an airline pays for these block hours is a key measurement of pilot cost competitiveness.
To compare how American's total pilot costs per block hour stack up against the competition, the company regularly reviews publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Form 41 reports. This database is a compilation of financial and operating statistics that all major U.S. air carriers are required to submit on a quarterly basis. Based on these numbers, American has a pilot cost disadvantage against all five of the other network passenger carriers and all of the low-cost carriers, many of which the company competes with on a head-to-head basis.
The negotiating committee is eager to engage in discussions with the APA on how to improve American's position in this area and give American a competitive "cost-per-unit-of-production."
When will AA management pull out the powerpoint chart comparing their payscales with that of other airlines.
That is something we all would like to see. The AMR overinflated overpaid management staff.
Maybe thats why they are revamping their numbers system wide.
