Originally Posted by SailorJerry

I completely understand what you're saying. We have been greatly singled out in terms of being in the midst of a long term career depression. I think we all understand the economics of what's going on though. The wages at the majors were driven up when there wasn't a surplus of qualified pilots. As much as people may say this isn't a law of supply and demand it is. In 2010, Delta had 11,000 applicants, 5500 of whom were competitively qualified. They selected only 150 or so from the street. If they couldn't pick the needle out of the haystack they weren't trying hard enough.

As for who or who didn't make the decision to reset wages in the post bk era, that's true if you were hired in 1998 or before. After that, look at what a career has looked like. Not so great, right? But look at what a career that started in 2010 looks like. We aren't immune to the concept that we were selected out of 11,000 applicants. While I'm happy to be making over $100 an hour now, the company continues to grossly undervalue us as a whole. Unfortunately the company hasn't had to play the game where they have to buy quality. Quality arrived at their front door in droves. That being the crux of my argument. For as "bad" as it is, we haven't driven away the applicant pool. However - when it dries up - expect a large raise. I hope.....