Originally Posted by
Randol
I actually work in a highly technical industry where we do just that, the person coming out of graduate school makes the exact same salary as those of us who have been doing it for 20 years. And there are no hard feelings, same amount of work, same amount of responsibility, same level of training to get to do the job, it’s just fair and we all know it.
Must be a special by-the-numbers technical niche with very little judgement required where years of real on-the-job experience adds zero value, skill, or efficiency. Pharmacy? Or your union has voluntarily opted for a socialist approach (legit, if labor chose it). If no union, then your employers may be taking you for a ride... might be that the 20-year vets are getting paid intern wages instead of what they're worth?
The idea that a brand-new pilot-school grad could be the professional equivalent of an experienced airline PIC is laughable, lots of judgement required to balance safety while still actually completing the mission often enough to stay in business. Lots of things they don't (can't) teach in school. Same applies to most other professional/votech industries.