Espalda Mojado
Immigrant Labor
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2006
- Posts
- 300
I'm on my third airline and 8 years out of college and just started over again making 30K last year. I'll break 80K in '07 if I fly my current schedule on my equipment with the DH and INT'l per diem. It will probably be my 10th year in the industry before I break the six figure mark flying widebodies at CAL on 3rd year pay from the right seat. I try not to look back and wine about how long it has taken but rather enjoy the moment. I'm very cautious about the future but think that as the airlines continue to climb out of their holes that our labor contracts will once again rise with the tide.
IAHERJ
People like you who are willing to fly widebodies for $30K/year are half of the problem. The other half are the senior farts who sell the rest of the pilot group down the river in concessions. Labor will never get back what it has lost, and you will be looking for another $30K/year job when you get furloughed in the next downturn.
Management laughs and says :"You dumb pilots ain't got the ballz. Pay raise? Strike? Like I said......NO BALLZ!"