Originally Posted by
Junglejett
No one forces a pilot to fly for crap wages...all of us have chosen to do it.
You want better wages, quit working for crap ones. You will either force management into paying them or have them close shop. Ticket prices will go up to. So, then it is up to the consumer to decide.
ALPA should spend some of its millions on educating the public instead of harassing management.
The problem is career expectations. Most don't mind 20-30k for a year if the expectation is in 5-7 years moving to a major/legacy. The problem is for many, the goalposts moved down the field after all the time, effort, and money was sunk into this career. Now that expectations have shifted, fewer people are entering the industry.