Originally Posted by
The Dominican
There are very good people working for VA, I know a three guys that work there and they are outstanding individuals, what bothers me is that an organization like Virgin will come to the US and start an airline with the lowest salary rates of all their companies (including Virgin Nigeria) and we flock by the thousands to take their offer, is as if we accept to be less of a professional than a pilot in Australia or Nigeria and although I think there are very good aviators all over the world, there are also very good aviators in the United States as well so I just don't understand why a brand as well experienced in hiring pilots all over the world feels that one of their pilots in Australia or Africa is worth $150/H and a pilot here in the US doing the same job and flying the same airplane is worth $100/H?
Its supply and demand. Do you really want to fly in Nigeria? If you did it would take a lot more than even 200 dollars an hour for me to go there. Sometimes money isn't enough and sometimes its not just about the money.