Originally Posted by Eric Stratton
Sorry charlie very much employed.
If you don't see the flaw in his thinking (which I think you don't) that's frightning. He takes a low paying job and hopes that others don't do the same. there are thousands just like him who will take a job at jetblue because it pays more then the regional that they work at now. when virgin america starts up they could bring back pay for training and they would still have thousands of hungry little pilots waiting at there door step.
I did not take a low paying job hoping that others would not do the same, you moron. That was an offhand comment at the thought that some were beginning to turn us down. I don't think it is a low paying job, based on the fact that it was a start up at the time I joined, and I could upgrade quickly. I still do not think it is a low paying job, unless you are 55 with 4 kids and just being hired. There was no airline anywhere that I could make more money the first five to ten years. Jetblue is the result of todays problems, not the cause. It is a darwinistic organism adapting to today's environment. Those of us who work here are adapting to changing circumstance while guys like you sit around and moan about it. It's called free enterprise, competition, the American way. It's why I fought for my country (did you?). You want some socialistic, regulated system that would keep your pay high but would keep 50% of today's flying public on the ground and cause the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, all while perpetuating lousy service and high fares. Now that is selfish. And you wonder why we are where we are. There's your clue.
I assume that after your pilot group is "bent over" you will quit in order to avoid becoming part of the problem by working for low pay, as you accuse me of doing. Good luck, I think you'll need it.