Originally Posted by FlyingSlowly

You completely missed the point. Or you purposefully misquoted me to prove yours. I said a Captain should make $150k, not that $150k should be the base starting salary. I never said or implied that aviation is MORE sacred than other professions. My attitude is far from it. Just that it should pay more LIKE other professional occupations. But if you want to argue for less pay...by all means go for it.



Do your research before throwing out hypotheticals. CLT is the most profitable hub the world's largest airline. AAG is not hemorrhaging cash to pay us. Quite the opposite. They are making tons of cash because of the support that PSA provides to the CLT hub. Furthermore, the reason that they have been growing PSA is because we are already cheaper than the non W/O options.

It's not just about my ideas on the matter... If you observe the regional industry as a whole, other regional options are largely downsizing or consolidating. It starts to become pretty obvious that the remaining options for taking the place of PSA are either more expensive, or have fleet teething issues of their own. But if you want to help weaken our collective bargaining position by buying into, or even promoting management-style scare tactics, that's your right to do so...