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Old 24th Feb 2014, 16:08
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Alexander de Meerkat
 
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There is no doubt that Vueling pilots are paid way below the market rate, and I have no doubt their senior management are paid way above it. The problem facing Vueling, and indeed all pilots, is that if 30 of their pilots resigned tomorrow there would be 150 willing to take their place at exactly the same money. In other words, the rate of pay is determined by market forces and not what a person is worth in terms of responsibility. Vueling is now the future for British Airways, and they intend to use these economic facts (i.e. their pilots cost less than everyone else's) to really go into attack on their low cost competitors (Ryanair, easyJet, Norwegian principally, but of course Iberia as well which is a fight within a war). I do not expect this to turn into anything other than a token shout at management, who care not a jot what their pilots do or think.
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