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https://philip.greenspun.com/flying/unions-and-airlines https://philip.greenspun.com/flying/unions-and-airlines is why airlines go bankrupt so often.
by erik_seaberg 7y ago
https://philip.greenspun.com/flying/unions-and-airlines https://philip.greenspun.com/flying/unions-and-airlines is why airlines go bankrupt so often.
- refurb 7y agoThe answer is to look at who controls the pilot's union: very senior pilots. The airline management is mostly interested in what percentage of its revenues are paid out to pilots; the distribution of the money among the pilots does not affect profitability. The very senior pilots on the other side of the table say "We need the most senior pilots to get $300,000 in pay and benefits." The airline's response is "The only way that could work is if we pay the new pilots $16,000 per year." The group of senior pilots responds "We can live with that."
- bluntfang 7y agoand what are executives making?
- refurb 7y agoThey're doing well I'm sure. Doesn't change that the union screws over the new guys in favor of the more senior members.
- viburnum 7y agoI don't know, pro sports are all unionized and they make money. Blaming the workers seems like rightwing nonsense to me.
- jessaustin 7y agoWho is blaming anyone? Link above is just observation. Senior pilots don't have less of a moral right to enrichment than e.g. airline stock investors. If anything the hope would be that the senior pilots might share more equitably with the junior pilots...