Originally Posted by Great Cornholio

I think there are a 2 totally different things going on here. We all know that pilots are under paid and that we sacrifice a lot in order to do this job for whatever reason. I think that what the article says and what Bryan's message is are two totally different things.

The thread asks people what they think of the article. To be brutally honest it makes him sound pretty materialistic and on a power trip. My thinking was in line with a lot of the other guys regarding this. I do feel much better now that he has come on here and told his side of the story. I do feel much better about the story now that I know that the NYT staff took liberties in twisting his words around.

Now on to the 2nd part. I'm glad Bryan told his story and wish that his words or basically the post he put on here would have been published instead of what the NYT writer published. I think we all know his story because most of has lived it. We all know that this job takes a lot out of you and your family. We used to get compensated with high pay and QOL issues in order to do this, but that is no longer the case. We all need to find a way to get the pay and QOL back up, but I'm not sure how that can be done.

Other things that the media might want to know would be the fact that for some if not most commuting is no longer a choice, but is a necessity. Companies that open and close bases like revolving doors (Colgan did this to me a few times) Companies displacing people from base to base, not paying enough for someone to live in domicile when they are based in high cost cities such as DC LA NY etc. Or the fact that a lot of us have to have 2nd jobs just to make ends meet.