belchfire
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I agree with you that we are highly trained professionals and should look the part.
I also believe that we should be paid the part, so I'm going to play devil's advocate for a bit...
If they wanted you to look like a legacy carrier pilot your uniform cost should be in direct porportion to legacy pay...why should a regional pilot go through the terminal with all the pax thinking "there goes another $100K/yr jerk" when you're getting 20 or 30???
WE are helping them perpetuate the lie that we are well compensated pros...
There is a story once from a while ago that Eagle pilots qualified for food stamps and some of them were getting them. It is said that AE forbade their pilots from getting food stamps because they didn't want the public to know how poorly the guys were paid.
I don't know if it's true or not.
But there is a lesson in the story...though perhaps it wouldn't be good for the image for pilots at regionals to look like homeless people it would get the message out of what is happening in this industry. For things to change a message must be sent out loud and clear to everyone...
I also believe that we should be paid the part, so I'm going to play devil's advocate for a bit...
If they wanted you to look like a legacy carrier pilot your uniform cost should be in direct porportion to legacy pay...why should a regional pilot go through the terminal with all the pax thinking "there goes another $100K/yr jerk" when you're getting 20 or 30???
WE are helping them perpetuate the lie that we are well compensated pros...
There is a story once from a while ago that Eagle pilots qualified for food stamps and some of them were getting them. It is said that AE forbade their pilots from getting food stamps because they didn't want the public to know how poorly the guys were paid.
I don't know if it's true or not.
But there is a lesson in the story...though perhaps it wouldn't be good for the image for pilots at regionals to look like homeless people it would get the message out of what is happening in this industry. For things to change a message must be sent out loud and clear to everyone...
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