Tell me where I'm ignorant here. Also, what cause should I be trying to help? It's either cut pay for window washers or raise pay for airline pilots? Everytime we see a comparison between "menial" jobs and airline pilots in terms of pay what is the goal? To point out the fact that we're not paid enough. So in some sense you're asking for sympathy. Sympathy to the cause of making sure airline pilots are treated to standards commensurate with their level of training and experience. My lack of sympathy is mostly to those who go to the lower end regionals (I don't have to list them) and then complain they don't get paid enough. You can hold out for better opportunity and pay in this industry.

I'm not going to argue about my "limited or non-existent experience" with the airline industry. I have an opinion and I stated it. Posting something that we all know about already is tantamount to throwing a pity party (no offense to the OP cause I agree with the article). The question is what are we doing about it?