US airline employee incentive plans largely window dressing

An interesting thing happened with the last few quarterly conference calls. Executives began reporting how much money employees received in incentive payments for meeting performance goals related to the Department of Transportation's consumer metrics. And the numbers reported seemed impressive, until you compare them with executive compensation. The employee performance packages may sound good, but are largely window dressing as union complaints about executive payouts rise. The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation's America Airline Daily analysed the wage and benefit gap with the help of Bob Herbst who heads up AirlineFinancials.com.