kmox29
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inthewind said:I didn't have the heart to tell him that his son and every other sucker that takes a job flying sophisticated jets for that amount of dough is the very reason that the entire industry is such a mess.
I disagree. I blame the pilots/union at the carrier he got hired at. When I was hired at Mesaba, starting pay was $17.50 for a 69 seat jet. Comair and Express I (now Pinnacle) were pay-for-training.
Aspiring airline pilots need jobs. It's our job as airline pilots to set the pay and work rules for our profession. For the most part, we haven't done a very good job of it at the regional level. And now, we're starting to fail again.