Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Recently I have been accused of a lack of respect for my own chosen profession and that is not entirely true. I had a deep respect and admiration for my job and with head held high strode to work with steam in my stride because I thought I was doing something important in this world and that I was building towards a bright and growing future.
Experience has taught me otherwise. I wish the reality matched my beliefs but like a kid who discovers that most of the magic of childhood isn't true I watched as every one of my highest held beliefs about aviation fell.
I respected my profession. It was the profession that didn't respect me or my friends. We can all pound our fists in the sand and say it isn't so but the writing is on the wall. Employers don't care about pilots anymore. The job has been devalued. A flood of pilots with thousands of hours of empty RJ time pile in at every job fair and convention.
Most of the arrogant captains today wouldn't come close to qualifying if they were to try to get hired today with the resumes they had even 10 years ago. The market is awash with jet time and glass cockpit magicians. It isn't about the educated and skilled professional anymore but about how much a pilot will sacrifice for the job.
Who has respect for experienced pilots anymore? Man I wish I knew.
SkyHigh
you held your head high when you worked for national at those rates undercutting everyone else that flew the 757 or just about any other airplane out there.
pilots are greedy and only think about themselves. that's why this industy has fallen apart and you are no different. I've seen it in student pilots, flight instructors, regional national and major airline pilots.
you took a job that undercut others in the hope of getting something better (alaska). the problem is that your airline didn't make it and now you are bitter. if national would have taken off with those rates like southwest jetblue and airtran did I'm betting that you would be singing a different toon.
by the way respect it highly overrated. just look at airline CEO's. how many airline employees still respect them?