Originally Posted by
captnate702
You do realize we have the greatest job in the world and will be making WAY more than we ever dreamed possible just 8-10 years ago.
Maybe I’m just speaking for myself but I look at my friends and family and the garbage they put up with at work (doctors, lawyers, plumbers, accountants, landscaping, etc.). It all sounds way worse than the stuff I deal with the 10-13 days a month I work. Not to mention I’m looking at a minimum of a 42% raise in my overall compensation.
Do I wish I was paid on par with legacies - of course. Am I still going to make more money and continue to spend a ton of time at home with my family than I ever thought possible: yes.
Don’t get caught up in the moment. We have the best job in the world and will be paid more than we ever thought possible (notwithstanding the pay will be less than legacies) when the time comes.
this guy doesn’t understand inflation. Or the fact that corporations have stolen the wages from the average worker. Adjusted for inflation 1990 family would make 170,000 a year. Allowing corporations steal money from us while they give themselves a pay raise every year is why this happens. We deserve a lot more than we are even getting adjusted for inflation we are way behind from the 1990s.
but sure. Go compare yourself to mostly none union jobs that haven’t kept up with inflation because they refuse to pay union dues and become politically active to back their rights to compensation and quality of life.
We deserve to make what the going rate for an airbus pilot is. Just like they pay the c suite the going rate for their work.
just like a McDonald’s worker deserves a living wage. Just like a grocer deserves a living wage. We have our life because we fight for those benefits. Your attitude is one of concessions in a time when we have the highest level of inflation since the Great Depression. All the while we have a president enforcing taxes on all of our imported necessities. We need more to just maintain the purchasing power of our 2019 contract.