I just got off the phone with a former Air Force pilot. This guy is about 80 years old. At one time he was going to fly for NWA back in the 50's. He told me about how when NW only had DC-3 and DC-4 and how the pilots would sometimes only fly for half a year. The other half the guys would be out of work and how they complained about pay and other issues that are still affecting the industry today.

So keeping things in perspective, according to the gentleman I just got off the phone with, pilots have had the issue of pay since the beginning. Glory days...sounds like there never were any. JMO.

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