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[Ty Webb]

I'm not trying to insult you, either, but what else am I supposed to call someone who just can't seem to get his mind around the fact that not everyone wants to work at your precious Delta- I did not, and I do not . . . . . get it?

Here's another one you seem to have tropuble with . . . . We are not undercutting you. Undercutting you would be going to DAL and offering to do your job for less. I work for a different company, I fly a different airplane on a different route structure and we aim for a different market segment . . . . . get it?

If you want to ignore me, then don't make threats, just do it. Everyone else will read my responses, and you can bask in your own self-righteousness . . . . until show time at the PeachTree City 'Po.

Have a nice life

 

[FlyDeltasJets]

Right. You told us couldn't get hired at Midwest Express or Continental Express, and you expect us to believe that you just "didn't want" to come to Delta.

My BS flag is waving high.

 

[SWA/FO]

Support! Thanks, I thought I was talking to the UN for a while there.

 

[Ty Webb]

Your BS flag is always flying, FDJ, but it's nice to see you admit it.

 

[FlyDeltasJets]

I really could not care any less what your history is. I just found your claim that you never wanted to work for Delta a little bit hard to believe in light of the airlines to which you did apply.

I do hope you enjoy your career.

 

[Ty Webb]

I really could not care any less what your history is. [/i]

Then why did you dig up a bunch of my old posts to find out where I had interviewed?

Man, you are getting creepy. Get a hobby.

 

[FlyDeltasJets]

I got a good memory. Don't give yourself too much credit.

 

[DarnNearaJet]

If low-paid pilots are the panacea for the industry's woes, why isn't America West taking over the skies?

 

[Counselair]

There are folks dying in the desert as we type fellas, fighting for something worthwhile. Why don't we take a break from infighting and say a prayer for the folks who have it a lot harder than it should be on anybody.

Counselair

 

[JBcrjca]

This could be amusing, but it's actually kinda sad....T Webb and FDJ going back and forth at each other on TWO different threads at about the same time. Too much spare time I guess; why not go outside for a little while and get some fresh air?

Nothing personal against either person, just an observation.

 

[FlyDeltasJets]

Council,

Already doing it. God bless them and keep them.

( and help them take out a few more terror-sponsoring countries while they are over there!)


P.S.
I miss the old avatar

 

[Counselair]

FDJ,

I miss wearing the old avatar...

Take Care

Counselair

 

[SWA/FO]

Fact: There are probably some people that did not apply to Delta. Not everybody wants to work there.

Fact: There are probably some people that did not apply to Air Tran. Not everybody wants to work there. (my buddy from US Airways, comes to mind).

Fact: Everybody wants to work for Southwest. I know you applied there! (kidding, only kidding.....)

Fact: There are probably some people that did not apply to Southwest. Not everybody wants to work here. (that guy in the USA Today article comes to mind.)

Where am I going with this? I have no clue, I'm trying to talk to my 3 year old at the same time while typing...(its not working).

Have a good night....

 

[llowwelll]

Airline pilot salaries

I just wanted to add my 2 cents to the whole conversation of what is to become of airline pilot salaries. The way I see it, market forces right now are forcing salaries significantly lower and I doubt that they will come back anytime in the next several years. The problem is (to me) that becoming an airline pilot is a lot like becoming a doctor. There is a lot of dues paying involved before you ever get into the cockpit with a major airline. You either come up civilian and deal with all of the headaches associated with that track or you come up military and deal with a different set of headaches. Both tracks are difficult and involve a lot of time and sacrifice before they pay off. So why do people do it? Yes, some people really LOVE flying just as some doctors really LOVE medicine. But, I'd be willing to guess that most pilots and most doctors do it because of the light at the end of the tunnel; the lucrative salary at the end of all of the training and sacrifice. Now, if pilot salaries remain low and the union's aren't able to obtain a fix, eventually the light at the end of the tunnel will be extinguished. The only folks who will be willing to endure the time and sacrifice required to become an airline pilot will be those who really love flying and I'm thinking there won't be a significant number of those people. I think the quality of people becoming pilots will be much lower than it is now. Granted, this situation does not exist right now because the notion is still out there that the downturn in pilot salaries is temporary. People are still willing to pay the dues in hopes of obtaining a high-paying job down the road. Eventually though, lower quality people flying planeloads of passengers around will inevitably mean lowered flight safety and more accidents. Once that trend is well-established, economic forces will come to bear where the flying public will demand higher quality (and more highly paid) pilots flying them here and there. Unfortunately, I doubt this whole process would help any of us trying to get jobs in the next several years. For this all to play out would probably take a generation...right when most of us are ready to retire. What do you all think?

 

[flx757]

I think that by the time that scenario plays out, with aircraft becoming increasingly automated, that any monkey could be trained to operate them.