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Old 12-05-2008, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by skidmark View Post
It was his wording x 50 rj at x pay rate for x number of years that sounds bad to me. Then why try to work for a company that's better? Socialism doesn't work. Anyway yes I would like to make more money too, same as you. Most regional pilots are underpaid, and many majors as well. But what you are saying is goverment mandate pay rates according to the number of seats on your plane. Then we should charge the same price for the passenger for distance flown. Sounds like re-regulation right? I vote for free market and let the chips fall where they are, and yes I work at a crappy regional. Someone else said it is all about who you know, that is the best advice on this thread.
WRONG!!! The government will not mandate pay rates, only the pilots can band together to force this! I'm not for re-regulation, I'm for pilot unity. If ALPA were really a strong national union they claim to be, when the MESA ALPA pilots are working on a contract, or the Pinnacle pilots are working on a contract, ALL OF ALPA IS WORKING ON A CONTRACT! This is no union, this is an association, a social club.
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