Originally Posted by
cactusdog16
Your argument that technology has lowered the price of an airline pilot's services, and your analogy of the computer is fallacious at best. Technology has played no part whatsoever. What has played a part is the fact that there are those who are willing to do the same job for less, and the scourge of the bankruptcy court. Or as Junglebus so aptly put it, "the pervasive use of bankruptcy courts to unilaterally rewrite contracts that had been negotiated under the RLA, with no possibility of recourse for the employee groups affected." Amen, brother.
Technology has greatly affected this industry. Flying a plane is much easier and navigation is a whole lot easier than it was 20 years ago (unless you fly equipment that has not been upgraded like my 727 bros). I'm sure there are many of you that fly on older equipment, fine. Anyway, dudes with no experience are flooding the market and for the most part not crashing jets daily. You are correct, there are many factors bringing down the wages of pilots.
And to say you have no recourse is an idiotic statement. For now, this country is still free! You can go out and get a job or start a business doing ANYTHING YOU WANT!