Originally Posted by
fullflank
You may have made more but then you paid taxes, your mortgage, and all other utilities (ek pays your utilities). So who really came out on top? As far as regionals go: many of us have been stuck here for years with that major job carrot just out of reach. Now, during times of record profits, we are getting kicked in the teeth with concessions and threats of shut down. Let the foreigners in I say. Passengers deserve better than the 70 year old granny complaining about her long day to everyone.
Yep, and I acknowledged that. He came out on top, of course... but should an A320 FO come that close to someone in command of the largest airliner in the world? That was my entire point. I work way less, too. The rosy picture yall are trying to paint with the foreign carriers is not true. It's better than the regionals, of course, but nearly every one of the expats that I know wants to come back to the states.
There has been significant stagnation with little top tier hiring in the last 6 years. That's changing, the leverage is in your hands now though. and the airlines are getting more desperate.