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I have a couple questions about some of the clowns on this list:

-What the hell does the "U.S. House Sargeant-At-Arms" actually do? Get Pelosi her box of snuff? Really-that much money for a doorman?

-And Please, Please, someone tell me who that idiot is who has a $0 salary for being s "Shadow Senator." Is that somewhat like being a "shadow-first-man-on-the-moon?" How about a "shadow-Christopher-Columbus" or maybe a "Shadow Jesus Christ?"

-Dammit-this is starting to make my head hurt-time to go and get a "Non-Shadow" beer.

I think Shadow Senator is like an intern.
 
The offices of shadow U.S. Representative and shadow U.S. Senator are elective offices created by six U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia as part of their efforts to gain full admittance to the Union as States. The office originated with the election of the first Shadow Senators in 1796, and the position of Shadow US Representative first appeared in 1956 in the Territory of Alaska. The name was based on the traditional practice of the Official Opposition appointing shadow cabinets in parliamentary systems.


The voters of the District of Columbia elect two shadow senators who are known as U.S. senators by the District of Columbia, but who are not officially sworn or seated by the U.S. Senate. Shadow senators were first elected in 1990.
The shadow senators for the 110th United States Congress (2007–2009) are Paul Strauss and Michael D. Brown.
 
When it comes down to it, our salaries are fueled by supply and demand. Airlines pay as little as possible and they always have more applications than they need. The only reason any of them pay more than minimum is due to union contracts. JetBlue pays more to keep a union off the property. There are no standards to getting a pilot's license. The written tests are published. You can re-take a check-ride as often as you like if you fail. When supply started running short, the regionals decreased their minimums to FAA minimum and started offering signing bonuses to increase supply. Unfortunatley, there will always be more pilots than jobs and this industry will continue to decline. I like to blame the unions, but the truth is the unions cannot control how new airlines like Skybus, Virgin America, Jetblue, etc. start up with cheaper labor everytime progress is made. When these airlines start up, pilots line up to work for them because there is no work anywhere else and everyone that works there hopes it becomes the next Southwest. The average salary is then brought down and used against the unions in negotiations. The cycle will continue. It's just one giant whipsaw. This is why every single contract is important.
 
Planejockey, here's some advice: Don't just do something, SIT THERE!

I've had the pleasure of working with Matt as a CA on the line, and in the sim on a checkride. There's a short list of guys I'd want riding shotgun in either scenario, and he's at the top. He's grossly underpaid.

One Matt on Colgan 3407 would have saved them. That's a harsh and unescapable reality. He's brilliant, he has all his sh!t in one sock professionally, he can fly the fizzle out of a Dash-8, and he could be making an order of magnitude greater than what he earns now if he didn't have the same disease you and I have- the dumbass notion to drive planes for a living. That means you and I- he's worth more than I, and I'm supremely confident the same applies to you.

Beyond the line and everything else, I'd lay down 5 broad coppers (look them up, I have 20, will spare 5) he does more work for his pilot group than you do.

To collect, put your name and picture on FI.com in a new thread, along with salary and the means to prove you're you.

I agree with you, I never said he is not worth the money he earns. I was simply saying that we are underpaid. I am sure he is a fine young man and a wonderful pilot. That being said I admire his courage to on the record with his salary. I am a furloughed guy from XJT, so I know the pain of making little money. I was lucky enough to go back to military gig and build some experience there while waiting for calls to start at the majors. If I see the guy in an airport somewhere I would buy him lunch. As for your question about what I have done for the industry, I would have to be honest and say nothing because I just attended ALPA meetings and informed myself about what XJT and its pilot group were doing.
 
We can blast these people all we want but the bottom line is that there are pilots among us that are accepting these jobs for employment. As soon as "we" start turning these jobs down, management will stop offering low wages. Pilots should have to join a local union before seeking airline employment, not after.
 
At least there is one thing we can all agree upon... Alex Ovechkin is one goofy looking mofo.
 
We can blast these people all we want but the bottom line is that there are pilots among us that are accepting these jobs for employment. As soon as "we" start turning these jobs down, management will stop offering low wages. Pilots should have to join a local union before seeking airline employment, not after.

Exactly. Our salary is our own doing. Obviously the dead animal guy's union is far better organized than IBT Airline or ALPA. Just to be clear; You/We are the union.
 

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