Originally Posted by
MaxThrustPower
If you want to think and act like a blue collar worker, you'll be paid and treated like one.
It's a self-fulfilling prophesy. And I don't want the aviation career to sink to even lower levels than we've reached today, not only for myself but for those who follow in our footsteps.
Not likely. Not any more than we already are. Truck drivers have better rest rules than cargo pilots.
Look around some and discover all the independent contractors AT YOUR OWN AIRLINE. They justify this behavior because they see themselves as part of management (white collar) so THEY should be compensated more than YOU for their work. Never mind that you are the revenue generator and they just organize magazines in the crew room. A blue collar habit of sticking together in unity is far more effective at getting better wages and benefits.
The time of bankruptcies and pay reductions is gone. Recently we have been bouncing back very strongly, not because they are impressed with your credentials when hired but because of the unity of the pilot groups. White collar types typically stab each other in the back and push others down to rise to the top, good times or bad.
Assuming blue collar tradesmen are beneath you is elitist and limits your (our) potential. Maybe you should have gone into finance.