Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
My plan would be to get pilots to hate their jobs. If they will not come to work unless they are making a fortune then wages and benefits will return.
Plumbers do not have this problem. Everyone knows that plumbing is a real job that demands real work. No one is going to crawl under your house to take a part your sewer line unless they were making a good living at it.
Whenever you have a profession that others enjoy as a hobby then you are at a competitive disadvantage. To ask congress to regulate the airline industry so that pilots could make more money is just as absurd as if ski instructors were to do the same.
Skyhgih
By this measure everyone should hate their job in order to be compensated at a respectable level.
Many Athletes are compensated alot more than your average American. Since they enjoy their sport should those Athletes be compensated less?
Kind of a bleak view, in my opinion, believe it or not most people probably take pride in a career they enjoy.
The difference between a recreational pilot and a professional career pilot is that the professional career pilot is responsible for getting large groups of people from point A to point B safely. Recreational pilots take a ride down to the airport on a Sunday morning and if they don't like the weather, they turn around go home, crack open a beer, and watch the game.