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Southwest Pilots Fire Back at Company's Push to Cut Pay
The union representing pilots at Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) is pledging to fight a plan by the airline to cut pay by 10%, setting up a showdown with management as the airline tries to cut costs and outlast the COVID-19 pandemic. Southwest and other airlines are coping with a pandemic-induced slump in travel demand and subsequent decline in revenue. The airline so far has been able to avoid furloughs thanks to a combination of federal assistance provided under the CARES Act and workers taking… (www.fool.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Typical selfish pilots...it's all about....me....me....me. Man up and do what's right or a lot of you won't have jobs. Try finding another one in this environment
Gary, what is your beef with pilots. Why do you stereotype them? It took me 26 years of training to qualify to be an airline pilot. That’s over a quarter of a lifetime. Can you do that math?
A good many of his other comments are similar in attitude.
It's an unusual name and he claims to have an ATP so I looked it up. I'm having a hard time reconciling the two records being the same guy.
A/B-727, A/B-757, A/B-767, A/B-777, A/CE-500, A/CL-600, A/CL-604, A/G-IV, A/HS-125, A/LR-60, A/LR-JET
Or, it's a fake name.
How 'bout it, Walter?
It's an unusual name and he claims to have an ATP so I looked it up. I'm having a hard time reconciling the two records being the same guy.
A/B-727, A/B-757, A/B-767, A/B-777, A/CE-500, A/CL-600, A/CL-604, A/G-IV, A/HS-125, A/LR-60, A/LR-JET
Or, it's a fake name.
How 'bout it, Walter?
LUV was bailed out by the Cares Act and it pilots were paid their full salary for 6 months whether they flew or not. Flying only 30 to 40 percent of your schedule means a large percentage of the pilots did basically nothing. This time it it your turn to make some sacrifices to save your company and preserve your job. There are currently 20 million Americans that are unemployed who love to give back 10 percent of their paycheck to stay employed.
saltyjacks
saltyjacks
Reagan, your facts are a bit flawed. We are not salaried. We get paid by the hour. A very small number of the most senior pilots fit your statement above. Yes our flying was reduced. But most people flew 75-100% of their respective schedules. Please see below for my previous comments on this matter. The title of this article is misleading. "Fire back" is using sensationalism to garner emotion... unfortunately it's the wrong emotion. We need to work together.
EAL was killed when union & manag't locked horns. Lorenzo played games with the pilots and they lost. Talk Talk & do it again.. Work it out. That's how your airline was built. I was Pan Am