Originally Posted by
The Lev
What makes you say their pay has lagged "well behind inflation"?
The numbers you and Adam provided made the point well enough. If you got an effective pay cut to the tune of thousands of dollars a year, you'd want that addressed, alongside any other relevant market factors.
Originally Posted by
isaacchambers
The push to have fast food workers make more than EMT paramedics or other frontline medical staff should be corrected.....But pilots are no where near EMT paramedics, scales here, when you say afford to live....these people arent in a studio apartment. They do the same as we all do....move to get the biggest house and commute.....its not like they are on the poverty line....
This argument is drifting all over the road, possibly as the result of fatigue from an overly-long commute...
Originally Posted by
isaacchambers
You can make the formula more complicated.....but you need to bring enough revenue to cover your costs. This is where I see BK being used to bring these costs more in line with reality of what can be sustained.
UA and AA are also posting solid profits. I believe your prediction that any of the US3 are about to go bankrupt due to wage costs to be entirely outside of reality.
Originally Posted by
isaacchambers
Well....welcome to the rest of us who cant get more to cover the cost increases too. This isnt unique to just one section of the economy, we all deserve it
Sounds like a great argument to organize and negotiate from a position of collective strength.
A 1-2 hour commute is hardly putting anyone in that shape, which was my point. I think you might be surprised to know how many TTC operators and Toronto Police officers live in the suburbs though and their jobs are somewhat more safety critical than accounting. It’s just a bit rich to assume that someone can’t live in Barrie and work in Toronto and still function.
As has been covered in some detail above, commuting 4 hours each work day has different results if the work at the other end of it is accounts payable than if it's landing an Airbus in a blizzard. This is one of several reasons why "airline pilot" is one of the only jobs in the entire economy that has regulations specifying the amount of rest necessary to perform the work safely.