Originally Posted by ovrtake92

Great Article! I Did the airline thing for 4 years. I am now lucky enough to fly on the the corporate side where I am treated like a valuable commodity. This treatment makes me want to go the extra mile everytime I go to work. It also reminds me of what a valuable commodity an experienced pilot really is. The billionaire I fly for says, "I only personally hire my pilots and my doctors". Isnt this how it should be? We arent just some dime a dozen sandwich artists. Just think! Everybody got into flying so they could fly airplanes like they used to dream about. This is all well and good, but there is so much more once you get to this level. There comes a point when you get tired of being treated like a circus chimp and have to move to greener pastures. Airline execs are geniuses! It can be debated all day on how and why but, they have taken a highly skilled proffesion and created a barren environment with more dogs than there are scraps. just read the bashing on this board and picture wolves fighting over a rabbit.

I still relish the day I was junior manned on my in-range call on the last leg of my last day at my old airline. The nerve right? Needless to say, I did not go the extra mile.