Originally Posted by
NinerKilo
So let's keep the price of the pilot off of Priceline, Expedia, etc. Have a federally mandated pilot fee. If passengers are happy paying fees for a few more inches of leg room or to bring more baggage, then they should be fine with paying a few more dollars for a competent flight crew that's well rested, trained, and experienced to do what they bought the ticket for in the first place: To safely travel from airport A to airport B.
Since when is this the governments job to levy a "pilot tax" on airfare. I am all for higher pay but this is nonsense.
The government has ZERO business meddling in the pay issue. Anytime the federal government interferes with private business we take one step further away from the free market capitalist society that made us great.
This is nothing like the Federal Minimum Wage act which is intended to determine a minimum standard of living for all people. Pilots make more than this so it is not an issue.