"F. Baum" wrote in message news:6f383433-c03a-4acf-9dd0-

Yet pilots want to work for them. I guess what ever they are getting
from it is enough to put up with any downside.

Not so much anymore. They, along with other regionals, are canceling
flights from lack of crews. Take a look at their turn over.

My wife and I got stuck in London a couple of years ago because United
couldn't find a flight crew out of Heathrow who was eligible to fly the 747
back to Seattle. They unloaded the entire airplane onto buses, put us up
in a really nice hotel near Hounslow, gave us a great buffet dinner and a
small amount of spending money. I don't know how many passengers were on
the 747, but I bet it filled up the hotel.

Imagine what that cost the company just because they didn't have two extra
pilots available.

I've gone beyond the hope that the current management generation is going to
get anything done, but the entire management and human resources paradigm is
about to change based on the stuff they're teaching in college business
courses now. Lots of emphasis on issues such as Enron and corporate ethics
and HR compensation and benefit strategies that were previously unthinkable.
Nike's corporate headquarters in Oregon are a great example of this. If
you're lucky enough to work for them in the US, you have flexible hours,
child care and a pretty stunning departure from the typical gray
let's-live-in-stalls-and-get-fat-like-veal corporate workplace. They're
able to attract employees willing to work for the conditions and the
benefits moreso than the pay, which costs them less in the long run.
..

-c