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Old May 25th 07, 04:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Paul Tomblin
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Default A380 captain's pay

In a previous article, Kingfish said:
Interesting article here on the arbitration case between Singapore
Airlines and its pilots. The court ruled SIA must pay A380 captains
more than 747 captains. Duh? If it's bigger, heavier and has more
seats that should be a no-brainer IMHO, unless of course the airline
is trying to contain labor costs. I was amazed to see their monthly


I dunno - a 380 or 747 captain spends most of his flying time on autopilot
up in the flight levels. They probably get as many approaches and
landings in a month as your average Dash-8 or Beech 1900 pilot gets in a
day. In a world that valued skill, you'd have the guys fresh out of
school flying the 380s, and when they got good enough they'd fly commuter
airlines until they got *really* skilled, then they'd fly Aztecs doing
freight dogging.


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