CopilotDoug
Captain of Industry
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- Feb 16, 2006
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Good post, Wave. When will people learn that it's not always a case of "What you make of it..." ? You can only start over from Square One so many times before you say, "This sucks!"I have no confidence problems-- The issue is that b/c of seniority and the concept of 1st year pay (I had to do it!)(Well i've had to do it 3 times now-- and i'm still at a regional-- looking forward to the 4th) Starting over at another company is so crippling, in $$ and lifestyle-- pilot's will do WHATEVER it takes to avoid it. Management knows this, has used this against us, and it has hurt every pilot in this country- some more than others-- but still ALL. Look at all the strife over AAA and AWA--That's one example. There are dozens. I won't even mention how many lives are just made more difficult by a bad commute b/c an airline closes a base.
The change has to start from the top-down. Get the majors to agree on the same pay-rate for feeder service...and as each airline's contract date comes up, have them all set the amendable dates to the same year.
Hey Occam, is Jesus running for office?!? I'm not so sure about those sandals...pretty granola if you ask me. Most pilots won't identify with Prater or Woerth because of one thing: Money. You can point out his success against cabotage, you can point out the fact that he saves cute little puppies from the pound...but when it boils down to it, you have a regional pilot who has been with three different airlines so far asking what the hell this guy knows about pilot hardships. The man has two houses, for crying out loud! Prater has TWO houses while some pilots earn poverty level incomes???
To paraphrase a statement I read a while back, it was something to the effect of the best military commanders are the ones who are leading the group into battle (basically, lead by example) Unlike the majority of today's CEO's and politicians...