Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Geez, easy there.
Read it again... I said you have to PAY them to put up with the hassles. Nothing bad about that in my mind, as it should be.
In previous generations the adventure aspect was worth something, I think kids who grew up with phones and internet are more blase about that.
For you there's no more adventure flying than bailing hay, so do whichever pays best.
I don't regret any of my adventures, but it does distract one from making money.
I think it helps to have instant access to everyone else's opinions as well. In today's world of technology, it takes all of about 5 seconds to figure out what's going on in contract negotiations and exactly how that's going to float with the pilot group. The threat of (instant) bad PR due to an angry pilot group can't be understated as one if the sources for better contracts.
That's something that is relatively new, and airlines haven't had to deal with that until very recently.