Originally Posted by jetproppilot
This is the problem with the airline industry
I'm a doctor. A specialist. I can lay out a map of the USA on my dining room table, blindfold my self, take my right index finger and plop it down randomly on the map....
hmmmm
Charleston, South Carolina. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
Make a few phone calls,
boom.
Licensure may take 3-6 months to get, but I can secure a position there with pay commensurate to my experience.
An airline pilot with Delta, with, say, 15 years in the left/right seat should have lateral capability.
Why isnt your experience valued to every company in the industry??
Youre in the left seat of an American MD 80. Ten years.
Why doesnt United wanna hire you doing the same thing, for the same pay?
Possibly for a couple of reasons. For one, there aren't 4k + anesthesiologists on furlough. Hence, you are somewhat more of a commodity. Second, I know that if I move from department to department or bureau to bureau, my salary will change depending on any number of factors, none the least of which is how many of my breatheren and sisthren wear the same uniform, and how large the population is. Third, what does your group get paid per "passenger", and what are you paying for Propofol these days?
*once again, edited for spellin'*