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Old 06-10-2009 | 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by minimwage4
What makes you think this will lead to anything positive for the pilots? Everyone knows that low pay did not bring 3407 down and no one, certainly gov has any authority over changing an airlines pay. The duty limits could change but I just don't see anything overwhelming here that would prompt an industry wide change of regs written about a thousand years ago. All they will do is harass the new and current pilots and make them do extra sim all because one night someone forgot how to get an airplane out of a stall. Ask anyone, most will tell you that their regional training was as hard if not harder than at the majors or corp. Not to mention this whole thing is contradictory because these pilots were "high timers" by regional standards. Almost 2500 for the FO and I think 3500 for the CA, mostly tprop.
If our ancestors had the same mentality as you, we would still be part of England today and women would not be able to occupy the cockpit.

If you want to continue with your lowly wages and be treated like cattle from management, please, by all means, continue with what you are doing. For the rest of us, we will do the best we can in trying to bring change.
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