Its just that 5/20 and FUPM are rallying cries that can easily be used against you, especially to divide you among the other work groups which are paid a fraction of what you are —- while they get to eat $&1t sandwiches everyday working with upset customers who have also had a hard few years on the airlines. I know, I was there.
If the other work groups want to be compensated like pilots and have the same contractual work rules as pilots, they should become pilots.
Why do I keep hearing the argument that other workgroups aren’t compensated the same?
SWAPA has the financial data. I took my first flying job in 1998 and was paid $250 a week. I like most other civilians had to claw my way to a “liveable wage” in aviation through the fecal storms of 9/11 and on. I did the food stamps, I did the displacements. I did the time, and earned my dues. Now, we’ve got guys that are minimally qualified getting more opportunities to be hired and make more money in one year than I made during the entire Lost Decade…at a regional! I’m tired of being gaslighted with the idea that pilots are overcompensated greedy whiners.
Our pilots work harder and are more productive than any other U.S. major. Our compensation and benefits should be paid accordingly.