runwayjockey
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So since they were non-uninon there should be no outrage at getting fired then rehired at a lower wage. Ultimately we, pilots, should be pointing the finger at our selves. If you came from the civilian world you started out at a low pay job and moved up. The pilots at the top gave away the bottom of "their" flying so they could protect something like pay, retierment, work rules or whatever. We end up choosing what is best for us because I know you will not pay my morgage, feed my kids, or keep my electric on. For the better of the proffesion or not, that is the way it is. It is also something called free enterprise. Don't blame the pilots, blame the managers who made the poor decisions that ran the airline into the ground.
Many of us were furloughed including myself that made the choice not to go back to a flying job paying $20000 a year but hold out for one paying a livable wage. Many more have decided not to come back to the industry ever! I choose not to label myself a VICTIM.
It is a shame how the rampers were treated at YX, it was disgusting. However, I do believe that a pilot has a greater vested interest in his career when you look at the cost of training, years of experience required to get hired at a major, not too mention the impact the jobs has on your quality of life. I am not defending what happened but merely sugesting that the level of outrage may be proportional to the vested interest each employee had in their job.
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