Originally Posted by
milky
I don't understand your logic at all. You left the other job that you claim had better quality of life and pay for a job that made less than a third of the compensation. According to the market, you deemed the worth of a first year regional pilot to be exactly what you signed on to make. You weren't tricked were you? The market works. If nobody signs on to make $18,000/year, the wages are forced to increase. If people like you leave higher paying jobs to make that pay, then the price was set correctly.
So how do you want the guy to continue his career?
You have to get Jet PIC time to get to a legacy carrier.
The legacy airlines do not see a 5000 hour FAR 135 pilot as qualified anymore. They want you to have 121 jet PIC. At least many airlines do.
The Regionals knows this and abuses the system so if you want to continue on your career to bigger equipment the only way of getting those 121 PIC hours is by signing on for those slave salaries......
Are the pilots the ones that are wrong for tryng to continue their career or is it the Regionals that are wrong in abusing the system?
At the same time that some Regionals wont pay more for pilots they have so much cash that they can buy other companies.
Capitalism is good when healthy and responsible but it can be destructive and very sick in hands of bandits.
A goverment that regulates parts of the system that has gone sick is not doing anything else than being responsible.
When the system shows it is responsible and healthy then no regulation is needed.
A dog can be a mans best friend but if it goes crazy you may have to shoot it........
Capitalism is great but if it gets sick...........how do we fix it?
maybe by regulating parts of it when needed..............