Originally Posted by
Popgun
Pilot salaries are such a tiny fraction of the total costs of running a large airline that they will neither make nor break the ensuing profits.
In the exact same way that executive remuneration neither makes nor breaks the profits either. Otherwise we would be seeing disastrous losses at the QF Group given the disturbingly high levels of take home pay by management in recent years.
No, this resistance to agreeing to a fair and respectable new pilot contract at JQ is all about ideology and ego...not economics.
The proof of this is the many denied non-monetary contract conditions that would cost the business absolutely nothing.
Adversarial ideology...not dollars and sense.
PG
Yes, its the small things like confirmed business on group Aircraft for duty travel, lounge access, commuter lounge access etc that make the difference in the contracts.
Onload onto JQ aircraft is also painful when it’s a first come best dressed basis. It should be DOJ just like mainline.
Anyway it’s a new year. Happy new year to my Jetstar peers and I hope you get a fair and reasonable deal early this year.