Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
You're paid like that because that's the price to go over there and do that.
Does anyone here really think that they will benevolently pay glorious wages in the states out of the good of their hearts? You'd better not.
All it would do is force the bar even lower were they to be allowed in here.
The argument is not that the bar would be lowered. That is a given. The argument here is that the lowest NAI bar is still going to be higher than the highest regional bar. And if the U.S. majors (ALPA+pilots+management) choose to collude and offer little more than 20 years of never-ending whipsaws and concessions to regional ghetto dwellers, then fine. That's where we are today.
If NAI=50% of the career we (regional gulag pilots) had been hoping for at a U.S. major then it is still better than the 25% we have had up to now. If there is career damage at the upper levels of U.S. majors, oh well. Gotta grab the best money that is within reach, even if you have to step on someone to get it. Sound familiar?