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Old Dec 3, 2003, 6:53 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TransWorldOne:
"individual greed?"

America West pilots are extremely underpaid and work under very unfavorable workrules. I hope they get a fair contract that will be acceptable to a majority of the workgroup.
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Underpaid compared to what? The laid off pilots at TWA/AA, United, NWA, Delta, and let's not forget the out of business National Airlines and some others.

It is individual greed. An 11% pay raise is a LOT of money in one year. Let the airline get a foothold in its new way of doing business before you quash it. I am sick and tired of how I hear all of these pilots are so underpaid. If they don't like it they are always free to go elsewhere and do something else. No one holds them to this job.

In addition, most America West pilots get to live in Phoenix, an incredibly cheap city to live in when compared to where other pilot bases are at (LAX, SFO, Chicago, and so forth).

So yes, it is INDIVIDUAL GREED.
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