Originally Posted by
Adlerdriver
First (in case you only read the first line) - I agree with you 100% that regional pilots are grossly underpaid.
If I was your high school English teacher, you'd get an F for reading comprehension.
Did you actually read my entire first post in this thread or just skim it?
I was merely commenting on
HOW most of us are actually paid - not
WHAT any of us are paid. So, there were no comparisons made between WB Captain pay at a major and regional pilot pay as you seem to be claiming.
I think if you read the posts I made here this afternoon, you'll see that I basically agree with just about everything you just posted (except the mischaracterization of my original post).
I read your entire post, and I do see a comparison between widebody pilots and the rest of us. I do see that it was not the spirit of your entire post, but rather an example of what the rate is for a widebody pilot as it relates to the entire picture.
I still see a comparison. There is a drastic difference between a widebody salary and smaller aircraft such as regionals, so much that it is almost irrevelent what a widebody pilot makes compared to a regional guy.
In my point of view, regional rates are so low that it hardly does any justice to compare how much regional people work to their actual pay. The widebody part, well it just doesn't fit.
In the short term, I believe management will have to raise the pay significantly regardless of what type of duty pay pilots may be getting.
Anyway, no offense to you!