Originally Posted by
Roger
Its a very large organization with approx. 11,000 employees. If you don't pay well you don't attract top talent. Compare AIR's performance with how senior management at Virgin have been performing for their shareholders :eek2:
Senior pilots are also paid very well but would you rather have someone on the controls who's come up right from base level through the flight school ranks and has 20,000 hours commercial experience landing at Wellington in a 30 knot crosswind or someone from Jetstar trained predominantly on a simulator ?