Originally Posted by
Brickhut
Not sure what the hell you're on about. The undocumented Mexican immigrant that just did the drywall in my basement remodel has more "skill" in his foreskin than ANY Airbus pilot. The most difficult part of our jobs is retaining our damn 1st class medical every 6 months. You know that, I know that, and the rest of us know that. Fact. Not up for debate.
I wasn't talking about compensation. My point was only that any one who refers to themselves as "We are not average citizens. We are extremely specialized, highly trained" probably is the type of guy/gal that wears full uniform to run errands. Period.
Obviously, you wear yours to family photos, and your wife's friend's Halloween party. But, hey, you're not average. You're special.
I used remodel houses back in my regional days and I can say that flying an Airbus is alot more complicated than hanging up drywall. I guess your Airbus training only lasted a day or two as opposed to the standard 4 to 6 weeks. Not to mention the time and training it took to get hired at an airline makes wonder what you have been smoking when you reduce my job to less than skilled category.