Originally Posted by
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I honestly don't care how and why management sees what they see. We don't get a key to the executive wash room and we don't get a corner office.
We're pilots...……...We need to think like pilots. At the end of the day our career is what we value it at, and not what management says its worth.
I am tired of low ball expectations coming out of management's mouth. Their homes are paid for, and their kids college funds are safe and secure, and their retirements were funded the day they got hired. most of them have second and third homes, and they get to ride in first class whenever they want.
Tired of management left overs being handed down to the ones making this happen. We, the pilots are in the drivers seat and we're in charge. Take it back, take it all friggin back. We're still about 15 years behind in taking it back.
the lost decade has had a domino effect on everything economic related to pilots earnings and retirements.
We still got a pilot shortage. That should mean something to management. That means "management hasn't done enough to restore the profession." If they had done their work, on their side of the table, then we wouldn't have a shortage of pilots, we'd have a gluttony.
We most certainly don’t get to decide what our careers are worth. If you know anything about this industry’s history, you would know that.
Ultimately, it’s the market who decides. And the market is composed by all pilots, all companies that employ pilots, and even the military. To name just the largest players. What all of these actors do, how many of them there are, and how many of them are needed, will decide how much bargaining power pilots have, which then will yield what this profession is worth in today’s market.
Management is going to negotiate in their best interest, just as pilots are going to do the same.
FYI we had a gluttony of pilots. But a gluttony of pilots, opposite of what you said, actually implies very low wages.