Originally Posted by dckozak
SkyHigh, are you bi-polar??
You read like, "airline pilots are over paid.....yada, yada, yada", than you produce this post. I can't figure if your a prophet or a syco.
dckozak,
Sorry if my theme isn't linear enough. Pilots are overpaid for the skills set. Training and experience is easy to come by these days. It seems like everybody is a pilot or wants to be one. In addition, this latest generation is willing to sell out just for the privilege of being able to fly a plane. We are all suppose to be here just for "the love of aviation". Anyone who suggests otherwise is considered blasfamous and shouldn't be there. Therefore in order to keep the pay and benefits somehow we need to keep the expectations high. If a new hire shows up for his first day in class and only hopes to earn enough to cover some of his living expenses as compensation then we are lost. In ten years pilots could become like humble monks with their heads down as they silently move through the terminal cautious not to appear confident and arrogant so as not to upset the aviation God. On days off they would sit in their two bedroom apartment, that they share with 6 other pilot monks, and study the FOM and Aircraft manual all day eager to put the uniform on again.
Oh wait, the regionals already are like that.
SkyHigh