Originally Posted by Nomadic

It's obvious that you have no understanding how business works. I'm not trying to insult you, but you're taking something personally that really isn't. American Airlines and United Airlines are both Fortune 50 companies worth more than 25 Billion dollars. Each. They generate over 6 billion dollars in revenue a year. They each have around 100,000 employees.

Kalitta is a family owned business and has a valuation of around 700 million dollars with an annual revenue generation of around 400 million. Kalitta has around 3,000 employees. Simply, if Kalitta paid pilots what AA and UA paid their pilots, Kalitta would be bankrupt, you'd be out of a job, and you would be far more angry about that than not being paid what the pilots at AA and UA make. Kalitta will NEVER be able to pay you what AA and UA pay their pilots. They can't. Ever. Unless, of course, they go public, become an S&P 500 company, and they grow 33 X's their current size. In both employees and revenue. People who don't understand these things are the ones in cockpits constantly griping about what they get paid to their own, and other crew members' detriment.

If you want to get paid what the pilots and UA and AA make, you only have 3 options. That's it. It's not personal. It's dollars and cents. All of this information is available on the internet. It might be a little skewed, say they generate 440 million vs 400, but they're not 33 X skewed.