Originally Posted by
Wigg
It's not that simple. My understanding is that the hourly rates are adjusted upwards so that the total compensation (in my simple terms of hours flown X adjusted hourly rate) equals fair compensation. ..
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Well, maybe. But: so?
Granting it's good for no one to have aircraft sitting on the ground, if a loaded cost of, say, $75/hr*FA motivates the short and long term planning people to be less .... horribly lazy ... I'm all for it.