You have your analogy backwards and it supports Bede.NewCommercialPilot wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 7:18 am
Anyhow, my friend accepted an interview at Air Canada. Many pilots at Air Nova were advising junior pilots (like Bede is trying to do in this thread) to not take the positions at Air Canada. They too offered the carrot of delayed gratification.
Your friend was paid 1.5-2 marshmallows at Air Nova. He chose to go to Air Canada and be paid 1 marshmallow. He will retire with 6 marshmallows. Awesome, this is Bede's point.
His former coworkers suggested to jump the queue at Air Canada and earn 2,3 possibly 4 marshmallows right away. They have or will retire with 2.5 marshmallows, a delta of 3.5 marshmallows.
The hypothetical decision now is, to go to right seat at WestJet and earn 1ish marshmallow or go left seat Swoop and earn 2 marshmallows. After the length of the career your friend has, you will retire with 5 marshmallows now and hopefully 6 at WestJet. At Swoop, you will retire with 2.5, or 3 MAX. (You will earn 2.5 at WS after two years)
As a thread drift, Swoop will never pay more than 2.5-3 marshmallows if outside the WestJet list. "Pay will be commensurate with the ULCC space." If Swoop applicants are hopeful of raises in the future, you are wrong. You cannot approach WestJet costs otherwise WestJet pilots would do it. (see AC/SKY and AC RAA) You cannot strike effectively because WestJet can easily cover the smaller, single fleet. You are between a rock and a 800lb gorilla. And It's hard to earn a dollar off people who wear sweatpants daily.
For reference, a marshmallow is approx. 50 000 CAD in the above example.
that was great, thanks for the laugh digits, sadly you maybe right.
) not the cost the Jazz pilot group charged to do 757 flying.
