Originally Posted by
NYC Pilot
Pilots are severely under compensated for the responsibility involved. Pay should definately be elevated to physician compensation. These careers involve life and death decisions. I'm speaking all across the board not just the majors. Having said that, the compensation at the majors is decent but can be better and include better pension options.
Says who?
Pilot compensation is determined by market forces, not by "should". Unions can improve compensation, but still ultimately limited by market forces because of the need to compete with other airlines.
"Should" only matters if congress gets involved. But as long as any snot-nosed pimple-face HS drop out can go from Arby's to R-ATP in two years, there's not really going to be any public pressure.
The public expects three kinds of people to make big money...
- High-end specialized professionals with years of post-grad education and training.
- Hard-working, driven self-starters who spent years doing entrepreneurial pursuits.
- Experienced executives.
Regional FO's don't fit the bill in the eyes of the public.