Originally Posted by
UnderOveur
Define: "demise of the industry".
Also...
Why are SOME (<---please note that qualifier) pilots so entitlement-minded as to believe they should get paid a high six-figure salary for doing a job that has become BOTH far safer AND much easier with the passage of time and the improvement of technologies?
If the overall risks and methods were the same as they were 20-30 years ago, do you think pay/benefits would have decreased the way they have?
Gordon Bethune back in the day didn't mind hanging out with the low life Coex guys. He'd come say hi. I think he liked to gab. I had a buddy that cornered him and they ended up talking for a long while so I believe the story I'm about to tell you.
Some 1900 FO went up to Bethune and asked do you think it's right that an airline pilot only makes $1#,000 per year.
He said, why should I pay you more?
FO said... I have no idea what he said, might not have said anything. I have to say, if we demand more pay then we should always have a quantifiable reason for it that is at least as long as a bumper sticker.