Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
This is a quote from another thread:
If we can't educate the public about our industry, WE NEED TO LEARN! Most of the people I talk to think we make about twice as much as we do. When I explain how little we earn, they can't believe it. When I tell them we only get paid from engine start to shut down (and how little of our day that makes up) they are speechless.
We pilots MUST learn how to inform the public about the realities of being a pilot. If we don't, the image (tacitly endorsed by our employers) of a bunch of overpaid, over-sexed, and over-whiny cry babies will continue to haunt us!
The problem is, if we do go out and try to educate, what do you think we'll come off as? Arrogant, whiney, overpaid babies! If we were to educate, it would have to be very low-key and classy. Case in point: ALPA Picketing...I think it is a great idea! But then you have Joe Dirt walking down the street and all he can see is a gathering of Pilots making a LOT more than he ever will, ticked-off that they aren't making 100K to fly an RJ.
This is all easier said than done.