Michael Moore Comments on Regional Pay at Labor Rally

[LoveGun]

The part about airline pilot pay starts at 23:38. It's a pretty good speech overall. You gotta love how the crowd chants "Shame! Shame!" after Moore says some pilots get paid only $19,000/year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNuSEZ8CDw&feature=player_embedded

 

[WalterSobchak]

Cue the Michael Moore Hate Brigade in 3, 2,....

 

[AntiJedi]

Doctors fresh out of med school working on you in the emergency room for $40,000/yr. News at 11.

 

[WalterSobchak]

Doctors fresh out of med school working on you in the emergency room for $40,000/yr.

$40k per year is a relatively livable wage. $19k is not. Especially when you have comparable student-loan payments.

This Walmart-ization of wages in this country, combined with the developed belief in this country that jobs that require manual labor are bad and not worthy of a livable wage, is killing us.

 

[PA44Jockey]

Doctors fresh out of med school working on you in the emergency room for $40,000/yr. News at 11.

Doctors also don't have their home base switched on them multiple times in a year. Can you imagine if a pilot didn't commute and moved his/her family every time their base was changed? All while making 20K a year.

 

[AntiJedi]

$40k per year is a relatively livable wage. $19k is not. Especially when you have comparable student-loan payments.

Considering the student loan costs, I'd hardly call $40,000 livable even in a low cost of living area---especially when you consider that you will more than likely be paid less working there as a doctor. It's a wash, really.

As for payment comparability, while both are a mortgage (cost vs. income,) The doctor is paying out more of his money to the bank, but the pilot would be paying a much higher percentage overall.

However, we're looking at first year pay here. It's not Walmart wages, but given the experience, neither are deserving of top dollar, either.

Granted, the doctor won't have to worry about going back to square one if he changes hospitals/networks. That, IMHO, is what needs to be fixed in this industry, and with that, I mean the WHOLE industry, not just pilots.

 

[Max Q]

Good. This industry needs exposure.

 

[wms]

Those same people who think pilot pay is too low aren't willing to pay higher, more reasonable fares. If ticket prices go up they'll be complaining we make too much.

 

[Smarta$$]

Those same people who think pilot pay is too low aren't willing to pay higher, more reasonable fares. If ticket prices go up they'll be complaining we make too much.

The actual affect of pilot wages is negligible. It is not as much as you think.

 

[Plainsman]

Stop shopping at Walmart