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Blue or White Collar? You make the call.

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Blue Collar:

JetBlue



White Collar:

Alaska
American
Continental
Delta
Northwest
Southwest
United
USAir/AWA

Am I missing something here?
 
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Sorry, but the Dept of Labor calls pilots blue collar
 
If the government says it's so, it must be! Listen I rely on the government to define just about everything for me because they are so good at it. Por ejemplo:

1) handicapped-Nope, sorry, it's 'differently abled'
2) discrimination-Nope, that's 'affirmative action'
3) and so on.........

Sheesh. The government couldn't define anything right if they had Noah Webster as the Director of the Federal Definitions Agency.
 
I think if you conducted a survey among the population, most would categorize a professional pilot as white collar.

Who cares whether it is or not anyway.

It has aspects of both blue and white which is what makes it fun.
 
The Prussian said:
Blue Collar:

JetBlue



White Collar:

Alaska
American
Continental
Delta
Northwest
Southwest
United
USAir/AWA

Am I missing something here?

Yes, at the end of a long trip...ring around the collar.
 
Who cares whether it is or not anyway

It doesn't mean a d@mn thing, but it's interesting to discuss. I'd say more than a few people care just for perception's sake.
 
It does seem like some feel that if it is in some way blue collar that its an insult or some form of a stigma.
 
What's important, here, is the way we consider ourselves and present ourselves, to our employers and the public.

A white-collar worker would:
- invest $70,000 in one's education
- work six jobs to obtain the high-paying job
- continually study and perfect knowledge and skills
- work in a leadership role
- manage difficult situations (not be managed)
- hold the responsibility of hundreds of lives
- be singlehandedly trusted with hundred-million-dollar equipment
- need to demonstrate complete proficiency every six months
- typically (but not always) be college-educated

I have enormous respect for blue-collar labor. But, blue-collar labor does not fit the description above.

My point is, be proud of the hard road traveled to get to the top. This is called a career path. White collar workers follow a career path. Blue collar workers do not.
 
From reading a lot of the posts on this forum, I get the impression that not many have held a blue collar job in their lives. Daddy paid for their education and they want everything to happen yesterday. So because they're not at a major making $300,000 they're desillusioned and think what we do is blue collar work.

Get real
 

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