Originally Posted by
Crawl
Yes, I suppose greed is relative. Side note, I would welcome $50,000/year graciously, but my latest W-2 was half that. Fortunately, I don't have any significant debt, student loans, children, or live in an expensive city, so I get by ok.
Don't let these pilots take what is yours, Mr. Parker. They are just greedy sloths. Establish your dominance over them, and put them in their place. Show them they are are replaceable, and nothing more than a tool of of the company. Make them fear you. Fear is stronger than respect.
Some objective observations. First, your W-2 was 25K for the year if I read your post correctly. Let's not forget that you obviously AGREED to that wage. In other words, regardless of whether or not you
think you deserve more pay, at present time you agree to exchange your skill set for said wages. Nobody is forcing you to stay where you are.
Second, you are greedy - because that is human nature and not something that only exists at the corporate level. No matter how much you end up making one day, I have a hard time believing you would ever turn down down a penny more.
Third, those big bonuses the "evil" airline execs give themselves every year are because pilots let them do it. The "this job is cooler than anything else I'm willing to fly jets for practically free" attitude is the reason airline managers can do what they do - you let them.