Originally Posted by
FirstClass
I can't even read through this whole thing.
1.) You are not special
2.) You deserve nothing
3.) It doesn't matter what you think you are worth, it doesn't matter what a truck driver or doctor makes.
Here is what is relevant.
1.) You made a choice to work at your job for whatever money they are paying you.
2.) You have the ability to try and negotiate or hold out for more, maybe or maybe not it will work.
3.) You can leave anytime and pursue a higher paying position.
4.) Start your own airline and give the pilots all the money.
5.) The laws of supply and demand are in play.
I don't know what it is with some of you people, but this is still the USA where capitalism is our way. Many of you are preaching philosophies that smack of socialism. Hey maybe you are a Hilary voter or from Europe, I don't know, but that's not how things are done here.
You come to a contract airline such as PSA, Envoy, TSA, etc..? You get used to that $20,000 per year paycheck, you signed up for it, nobody twisted your arm. Further, many of you signed up for $200,000 of debt to get here. That's your problem not mine.
Suck it up. I'm tired of hearing your damn whining.
True capitalism doesn't exist when people's experience doesn't go with them from one company to another. This is the only industry where that is the case. Longevity/seniority resets make this not capitalism. I'm way anti-Hillary and friends, but this isn't fast food workers asking for $15 an hour. This is highly trained and experienced aviation professionals (mostly) flying 76 seat jets on the same routes at the same speeds in the same livery as mainline, but made up barriers to entry to the golden jobs prevent capitalism from working and result in these professionals being paid food stamp wages. Our union is supposed to protect us (as a whole profession), but we watched ALPA sell scope and put us in this situation with the proliferation of RJs.
Airlines are under investigation for colluding and fixing ticket prices, which effectively destroys the supply/demand models that true capitalism is supposed to use. The airlines also alter true capitalism with contracted feed. This isn't the way capitalism is supposed to work.