Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
The regionals will not raise their wages. Historically airlines just lower their minimums whenever demand gets tight. Even now I have been told on this forum that several regionals are considering opening their own cadet programs to take non-pilots as new hires.
Besides, who would pay much of anything for pilots anymore? Modern airplanes don't require nearly the same levels of skill that flying did in the past. It use to require situational awareness, eye-hand coordination and intense system and aerodynamics knowledge and experience.
Modern planes today are procedure and manual driven 20 million dollar video games in the sky. Pilots just sit there, arms folded, and watch the little plane track itself along the digital map. Just about any level of derelict can put on a uniform and sit there half asleep and do the job.
Pilots will not get paid more. SkyHigh
Well, Im officially a loser, my 3,000th post! In my early days can't say my 3,000th post would be in agreement of SkyHigh, but he is right, whats managements incentive to raise wages? nobody has walked off the job yet, and wages are at an all time low. I am in this industry for the long haul, I am gonna work with my union and do my best to unite whatever pilot group I am a part of to truly try and raise the bar. It is going to be a loooooooooong uphill battle. The money will never be where it was for a long long list of reasons, but mostly because management has learned full well how to take advantage of pilots, and the seniority system "go ahead and leave you'll start at 30k at another airline, so you can take the abuse here for 80k a year or go start somewhere else at 30K," what do you think the pilot is going to do? Lets not forget about the SkyBusses, and VA's either, there will always be someone out there that will do it for less.
SkyHigh is also correct, regionals for the most, part won't raise their wages, they don't need to, look at Eagle, they are one of the better paying regionals and cant get anybody to apply, meanwhile, low-paying airlines like Colgan and the classiest bunch of em all, Gojets, are not having any staffing problems.......
and lastly, look at CAL, no health care, and 30k for the first year, its a disgrace,. but guess what, there are thousands of people waiting in line to get an interview over there, including me