Originally Posted by
Lookleft
When comparing US pay rates and Oz pay rates you should also include the career costs. How many times has the Delta pilot been furloughed and taken an income hit? The QF pilot who has spent the last 20-30 years in stable employment will still be better off than his/her US equivalent.
You’ve managed to completely miss the point - Instead of comparing the numbers, and applying them to the future and the Qantas short haul EBA, you’ve decided that a dik measuring contest is important. The numbers are above. People can figure out ‘who's better off’. How about Southwest - About the same pay, never furloughed and have showed a profit every year for nearly half a century. Would that have convinced you ?
Delta furloughed 15 years ago. Welcome to this decade. In 10 years half ( ~ 6000) of all Delta pilots will retire. They’ve hired the equivalent of the entire Qantas group in the last 3 years. When did Qantas last hire ? Never had your pay frozen with rising inflation, or been stuck in the wrong seat for a decade or two ? Thought so.
Rising tide should lift all boats. That’s the point you missed.