Originally Posted by tahoejace

Damn, dude. It's like you're trying to prove Dave's point. How many times in the last 12 months have you circled the globe twice in one month? More importantly, who cares? I've been here two years and I've done it exactly zero times. You want more pay, more respect, better work rules? Great, so do I. But don't act like you're god's gift to aviation because you put the right autopilot to command and let the airplane take you around the world. 744, 748, BCF, LCF, don't care. They are all basically the same. We even get a little book to tell us what the differences are. Big *******ing deal.

Look, we have a tough job and we get paid garbage compared to our peers, but lets not go off the reservation trying to make people feel sorry for us. It only serves to undermine our position. Our argument for parity is strong enough without having to resort to gross exaggerations of our prowess in the cockpit. Besides, the people who need convincing aren't listening anyway.