More transport medical delays : PSAC strike

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There are many other hands involved in generating that revenue per seat. mechanics, FA's, loaders, you name it. Heck, the IT guys.

Not quite. You need pilots. You need AME's. Everyone else's job can be done by individuals who belong to those 2 groups.

Can you imagine AMEs serving coffee to passengers? The airline would be insolvent inside a week.

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There are many other hands involved in generating that revenue per seat. mechanics, FA's, loaders, you name it. Heck, the IT guys.

Not quite. You need pilots. You need AME's. Everyone else's job can be done by individuals who belong to those 2 groups.

Can you imagine AMEs serving coffee to passengers? The airline would be insolvent inside a week.

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I'll go with the strict economics argument:
I am paid as a function of the revenue I generate. There are no substitutes for the services that we as pilots offer.
When revenue collapsed during Covid, so did my salary (mine dropped 71%).
Now, the price of air fares has increased by ~46% since 2020. All I'm asking for is my % of revenue to remain constant.

Except if you play that argument, you're not the only one who generates the revenue. You simply fly the plane from A to B.

There are many other hands involved in generating that revenue per seat. mechanics, FA's, loaders, you name it. Heck, the IT guys.

All need each other to function.

Get in line, you don't deserve more than 2-3% just like everyone else is getting.

Your wages may have dropped 71% during covid, many of the others dropped 100%.

Except, often forgotten is the fact without PILOTS there is no A to B, therefore no revenue and all other jobs are rendered redundant!
Maintenance can be contracted out, FAs can be trained in a couple weeks and all other jobs can be contracted, but an AOC requires pilots operating aircraft be done by company pilots. There are limits for wet lease etc for an AOC otherwise you’re a reseller of trips which is not an airline.
Sorry there accountant, you are being made redundant but an airline without pilots is not an airline, it’s an aviation museum with many samples of 100s of millions worth of display aircraft for the public.
Maybe you can charge people to sit in a seat and be served overpriced buy on board while watching the OGE(on ground entertainment)