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Pilot unions are run by captains http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/unions-and-airlines http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/unions-and-airlines
by prostoalex 8y ago
Pilot unions are run by captains http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/unions-and-airlines http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/unions-and-airlines
- gaius 8y agoBut how can we explain a 19:1 pay differential for workers with similar training and tasks? Hilarious. How much did Greenspun make as CEO of his startup? Enough that he could retire and become a dilettante pilot, how much did his workers make?
- gruez 8y agosure, but what's preventing more (non-union) captains from being produced? clearly there's an oversupply of pilots compared to captains. what's the minimum amount of flight hours to achieve captain status? is it a high amount that there's legitimately a shortage of qualified captains?
- prostoalex 8y agoThe “captain” and “first officer” rankings are employer-specific and non-transferable. You can be a captain at United, but if you were to switch allegiance to Southwest, you have to join a new union and restart the career climb. The only exception is airline mergers - some Virgin America captains are eligible to join the ranks of Alaska Airlines captains, out of recent examples.