Originally Posted by
UnderOveur
That was a very, very poor choice of words on my part. And right now, in this moment, I want to apologize to everyone.
What I DO understand is having the dream to do something you love more than just about anything and getting paid to do it.
It's just a damn shame that the suits who employ you guys know it and can make you put up with ungodly crap for it.
I'm sorry for my poor choice of words. I surely love to fly, and I love airplanes....same as you guys. Maybe I should just be thankful that I don't love 'em enough to put up with what you guys have to put up with.
Accepted. You have to understand the entire airline industry has been in a nose dive since 911. When I was hired at my regional in 07 I was expecting to be on captain pay in 1.5 years. Next stop delta, united etc. All of us did. Then, age 65 came. If I knew in 07 that id be on fo pay for the next 5.5 years maybe I wouldve looked into other opportunities, but my crystal ball is broken so here I am. What im trying to say is that we dont lack self respect. We did not sign up for the way our careers have unfolded thus far. It just happened that way. However, im not just going to quit my 50k/year, 14 days off/month job now. I have bills.