Originally Posted by Stringer

For the record. I in no way meant to demean your plight with the majors, it's been extremely tough and I understand and agree with you're point of view.

My response of 'i'd rather have a pay cut than a job cut' was probably not in line with my true feelings. I made myself out to be one of those notorious folks who would undercut others for the sake of a job, this is not the case. I believe we all should be back to the pay scales and have the QOL that was prevalent in the 'good ol' days' and our contract needs fighting for, not undercutting.

Airplane chasing and the associated ego attached to those flying a shiny jet is pure craziness. There should be pay in line with experience / proficiency and while I cannot see a way to stop market forces, the devaluation of our skills through 'pilot price wars' needs to end. My father (a major cptn) has impressed upon me from the beginning of my professional aviation career how easy the industry is (for 'is' read 'was a year ago') in comparison to his day and age, his favorite saying 'I would have given my left testicle just to fly a multi, let alone a jet with your kind of experience' is testament to that.

So anyway, back to how we can enlighten the rest of the world and better our lives.