Just to clarify...

Why do I get the feeling that the decline in the industry payrates are being blamed on neewbies?(please dont just say pft...arent unions made to protect salaries?)

Wasnt PFT brought back to life by the airlines and not pilots?

Cant you credit lower pay scales to a weaker economy, regionals flying bigger planes, higher gas prices, competeting airlines?

I am a young guy who has been flight instructing for over a year built up my hours and am now looking for an airline job. So please dont castrate me I am working to build time. I am just curious in an industry that all we hear is you better get in now cause who knows what tomorrow will bring, why are we being mocked by the older pilots that we are in too much of a hurry?