Originally Posted by
jamesteroh
Not out of DTW on most routes.
hazelrah was talking about Southwest's
costs, not its fares. WN has lower costs than most airlines, despite industry-leading pay to its heavily unionized workforce.
Originally Posted by
jamesteroh
I don't understand why some FA's are upset they won't be unionized. The ACJ article says their pay is going to increase immediately to the same pay as a Delta FA PLUS they will no longer pay union dues. A pay raise and no union dues, why on earth complain about that?
Without a union, the PMNW FAs will be forced to be more efficient than, say, AA or UA FAs (in effect, having to work more for their pay).