this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
77 points (97.5% liked)
World News
32347 readers
540 users here now
News from around the world!
Rules:
-
Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
-
No NSFW content
-
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
That clearly didn't work. A 40 percent increase is plenty, but it seems people don't want their jobs to dictate their personal lives. Which is fair, I guess.
They need to change the expectations tha t come with the junior captain's seat. Or force senior captains to be a bit more lenient, too.
The alternative is having no captains anymore, soon.
Obviously a 40% increase was not plenty, or this wouldn't be a problem. For example, I wouldn't take a 40% pay increase to be constantly on call. A 200% increase, yes I would do that. So there is a number for me, I'm just not sure exactly what it is.
There will always be people who refuse at any price, but you don't need to convince everyone. You just need enough captains to keep scheduled flights from being cancelled. There's a number that gets you there, and the only thin we know for sure is that it's more than 40%.
Fwiw I'm not disagreeing with your first point. Reducing the demand on captains could also help.
If we're going to live in a supply and demand economy that works it needs to apply to both labor and goods. I'm all here for this.