Originally Posted by
DigDug
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Do you really have any doubt that each guy out there is doing his best to make the best choices he can from the options available? Do you really expect anybody to substantially "sell himself short" to uphold your ideals for the profession? Jam the gears of that meatgrinder first, THEN try to talk solidarity to the "applying for a job" crowd that includes 20+ year veterans looking at a $2000/mo "fresh starts" in this furlough and fold industry.
Can I get a FREAKING Amen! Wow, someone gets it!
Truth be told, this going on and on about wages at VX misses the most important point.. the W2.
Year one at VX, my W2 is as good or better than most airlines
Year two, somewhere then I'm a CA, and my W2 is significantly better than most.
In the end, CA or FO, I'm a high time, multi-type rated pilot having flown 16,000lb to 633,000lb airplanes all over the world... I'm not worried so much about what seat I'm in, as what the net on my W2 is.
I think given time, VX will pay what any other narrow body A320 pays.. but to be worried about a 10 airplane airline undercutting the wages that were set forth by the concessions of 2001-2002 is a red herring at best.