Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Entry level jobs have little to no responsibility. You have hundreds of lives in your hands as an RJ pilot, just as many as mainline. The ONLY reason bigger planes pay more, is because the union decided it that way. The Constiution and by laws should extend equal, and protected rights to all pilots, democracy doesn't work as we have seen.
I should have said entry level AIRLINE job. I stand corrected. And BTW you don't have hundreds of lives in your hands. You have 50-90. It's a tremendous responsibility but you don't add up the total passengers to get to hundreds. In fact RJ pilots probably carry more total passengers base on the number if flights they make. But you are forgetting, the size of the paycheck is dependent on the size of he hole. (For the most part)
Originally Posted by
bedrock
The idea that airline pilot is an entry level job is ludicrous. I'm sure the passengers would be happy to be told that they are entrusting their lives to crews who are entry level. It used to be CFI was entry level, hauling freight was "time building" and airline pilot was a career. It amazes and saddens me how people let themselves actually be brainwashed by the union busting propaganda.
See above. And CFI is still entry level. Probably the lowest level. Should it be? No, but there it is.