Originally Posted by
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Pressure congress and continue raising awareness of the fact that your not flying on the airline your ticket states even though the paint job is the same and most of the planes even say ___ major airline on the registration.
Only pilots know the difference between an ERJ175 and a mainline aircraft. Joe public can't tell the difference. Nor do they care. They just care about $$$.
The only reason the government enacted the 1500 rule was because metal was bent. Did it raise pay? NOPE. Fatigue and training became the focus, not how low pilots were paid. Sadly pilots are paid in "sunsets" from "the best office view" and not real dollars. Until pilots realize a liveable wage trumps any job you love because its fun there will never be a pilot shortage.