Thread: Important Article On Pay And Fatigue
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Old 06-10-2009 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 20sx
Minimwage 4 is just telling the hard truth that no one wants to hear. The govt. can't make airline companies pay us a set wage. Only the unions and supply and demand can. Pinnacle is in negotations right now with the union...do you think with all the bad press they've gotten that they will offer up decent wages? I'm not holding my breath.
But the government can uphold to the Railway Labor Act which prohibits us from striking and gaining QOL and pay improvements, correct? Then they can release us as well and we can achieve those goals in unison. Just a little information for you on other unionized professions and there salaries..

Elevator mechanics: $44/hr
Building engineers: $39/hr
Plumbers: $24/hr

These professions are not prohibited from striking by the RLA.

We have no leverage and that is why we are in the position that we are in today. If you think pay has nothing to do with stress, fatigue, and the way we function in the cockpit (not deliberately, but as human beings in nature), you have another thing coming. The Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge states we shouldn’t be flying if we encounter any of those symptoms. Have you been flying that way? I know I am guilty of that as well as many others.

You may continue to believe that we can't do anything and it will always be like this, but I for one, and I know many others will continue to try and make this for the better. You can sit back and watch or you can be part of it..-join the momentum. It will not happen tomorrow, it may not happen next month, but it will eventually come sometime in the near future. Congress is hearing about it, something will be done.

I once again, urge you to call your representative and discuss this issue with him/her.
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