Originally Posted by
jdsavage
In a perfect world you are correct, but all the public sees and hears are how greedy all of us pilots are, and how we're some of the top paid professionals out there. No one with the public's ear bothers to break it down for them so they understand just how much we actually take home at the end of the pay period. I say pay period so the average Joe at Walmart or Burger King can relate better.
I believe that use to be the case, but after so many mainline pilots took their fall from grace, I believe that public opinion has changed. Plus, the more regional jets that fly across the country the more exposure we get. People don't want their pilot to make 18k a year.
the pendulum is swinging in our favor. if you are a new guy, don't take a job with who ever will hire you with no time, get a little experience (in the next year 500 hours will be plenty with everyone). don't accept crap wages.
There are more seats than pilots and that puts us in the drivers seat.
Stick