Originally Posted by
HAL39
As you well know, it's not up to the "10 people behind me willing to do the job for half the wage because of how much I love my job" who determine YR1 wages in the airlines, but the pilots currently on the seniority list.
I can't recall a time in history when airline managers have ever canvassed CFI's to see what they would accept as a minimum pay rate for flying transport aircraft. We, the pilots, are the ones who vote TA's in or out.
Very well said....
It is the Pilot's who are their own worst enemies, It's PILOTS who subject people of their same breed to worst conditions of work & pay.
People don't like to work 14 hour shifts, so why do they work those & even actively bid for those?? Because they try to finish a weeks work in 3 days, so they can have 15 days or more off in one month.
Airline managements know all the weaknesses PILOTS have & they don't even have to work 1% hard to use those agains the pilot groups, the TOP 5% of the seniority do the managements work for the managements.....
A few posts ago, I posted the job for a Q400 Captain in India paying twice
2 TIMES what any regional is paying to their Captains, how ist is possible that those companies can pay their pilots so much versus US companies????
How is it possible that for the same aircraft & similar flight, the work conditions & pay structure is many times better in the developing world than in USA, where the First flight in history ever took place!!!!!!
The only thing different is pilots flying domestic or short haul sectors ( 1-2 hrs flying time) don't get 15 days off in a month