E and AAviator,
Bingo, we have a winner!
WorldT, my previous point regarding the 70+ paysclaes is that they aren't sustainable and a product of the post 9/11 cutbacks. The pilot supply market is very slow reacting, the pipeline was still pumping out for a few years based on the late 1990's boom and cheap credit for those borrowing $100k for a $15K starting job. Those days are gone, the pipeline is dry. We've already seen the effects of crap pilot wages in the regionals. Same thing worldwide. Honestly, the seniority system has killed pilot wages for the last 10 years because everybody has been willing to work for free in the hope they become the next SWA. I'm sure airline managers with a brain would be producing cinder blocks from the aft intestinal tract if we went to system hiring pilots based on the highest bidder. It may come to that.
True story. A furloughed AA pilot was Captain at Eagle. Climbing out in weather in an EMB, he notices the FO staring out the window at the blank white as they were in the clouds.
CA: What are you looking at?
FO: The inside of the clouds, I've never seen that before.
There is your "Market Rate" of todays wages and the quality it attracts.
Bingo, we have a winner!
WorldT, my previous point regarding the 70+ paysclaes is that they aren't sustainable and a product of the post 9/11 cutbacks. The pilot supply market is very slow reacting, the pipeline was still pumping out for a few years based on the late 1990's boom and cheap credit for those borrowing $100k for a $15K starting job. Those days are gone, the pipeline is dry. We've already seen the effects of crap pilot wages in the regionals. Same thing worldwide. Honestly, the seniority system has killed pilot wages for the last 10 years because everybody has been willing to work for free in the hope they become the next SWA. I'm sure airline managers with a brain would be producing cinder blocks from the aft intestinal tract if we went to system hiring pilots based on the highest bidder. It may come to that.
True story. A furloughed AA pilot was Captain at Eagle. Climbing out in weather in an EMB, he notices the FO staring out the window at the blank white as they were in the clouds.
CA: What are you looking at?
FO: The inside of the clouds, I've never seen that before.
There is your "Market Rate" of todays wages and the quality it attracts.