Old 06-29-2011 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by kc135driver
And we wonder why, as a collective group, we cannot seem to find equal footing with other professions that we often try to equate to (doctors for example). Instead we just keep lowering (or in this case refusing to raise) our professional standards.

Maybe the public is right, anybody can fly an airliner, it flies itself and we are just a bunch of (still) overpaid pre-madanas with egos to boot.

You can't ask for a raise and lower your job requirements!



KC
Originally Posted by Anderson
Great points!
Whether we admit it or not, this is ultimately what this argument has always been about. It never was about safety to the pilots, it was about cutting supply to try to raise pay. That alone speaks volumes about the so called priorities of todays pilot. Sad really. I have sat back and read thread after thread on this subject with the same drival, and there is nothing new to see here thats for sure.....
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