Originally Posted by
SAABaroowski
...actually maybe its just the airline union that are weak, look at the writes, autoworkers, and the MTA who have the easiest job in the world, and they had no problem going on strike....................
My parent's garbage man makes $65k a year, and can have all the over time he wants. He clocks in at 4am, clocks out at 3pm, and gets paid for 11 hours. When I told him about how we, as airline pilots get paid he almost spewed Guinness from his nostrils. Show to work at 6:15am after reduced rest, do a walk around in freezing weather, fly two 2:30 legs with a 5:45 sit in between, get released at 4:00pm with 10:45 duty day and only 5:00 hrs of pay. Effectively, I just wh0red myself out to XJT for $15.00/duty hr.
Sorry.... make that $10.00.... since the crooks in DC took their cut, and ALPA snagged it's 2%