Originally Posted by
Seneca Pilot
OK, but structurally the same, so you have a moral problem with it?
To be honest, I’m not sure how I feel about it. I bet if I asked the last 50 pilots I’ve flown with if I could stay in their guest room for a month because I was having hard financial times, probably 40 of them would hand me a key. But on the other hand, if I asked them to take $500 out of their wallet and hand it to me, probably all 50 would look at me weird. I think we have a very magnanimous bunch here, but there’s also a culture and history that I’m not sure lends to a pilot funded furlough fund of that magnitude. I think a voluntary fund would receive an impressive amount of contributions, though.