Originally Posted by
flyboyshell
I don't want to open a can of worms here, but referring to 82:30min in to the hearing on Sen. Lautenberg. While I am glad he mentioned that some pilots are earning close to minimum wage, how can he compare the work of a surgeon to a pilot? Surgeons earn $315-530K while pilots earn "minimum wage." Maybe this will rattle some cages and potentially raise the pay for all pilots. If a heart surgeon is responsible for 1 life at time, why can’t pilots earn a lot more, especially when we have the lines of more than 1 life’s in our hands.
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
Kudo's to Capt. Prada. As for Mr. Cohen, what an idiot.
Lousy argument, the same can be said for bus drivers and hotel shuttle van drivers. Pilots need to stop putting themselves on a pedestal. In a free enterprise you cannot govern what a private company chooses to pay it's workers. When that happens- you can say goodbye to Democracy.
It sucks, but it's the truth.