Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Yeah, all we could do is tell the younger regional guys that they will pay a steep price for accepting 15,000 per year in order to build time. Most wouldn't listen.
If those folks who fly the smaller jets had stood up for their own importance and their own profession a long time ago, we wouldn't be in this mess now. But they didn't. They needed to build time...to get qualified to fly for a major. A major that they aided in stagnating...thus ensuring less jobs at the majors.
Carl
Carl, we are all to blame for this. All of us know that those new pilots looking for their first airline job have no idea what a union is and what they are doing by accepting 15K a year. It falls on us to educate our future pilots. All medical students know that to be successful they need to be certified by the AMA, we can do that to. It will take a lot of work, but it will help with this issue.