Originally Posted by
Mason32
Two leg, 7.5 hours of pay on 9 hours of duty time, a real hourly wage, good work rules, with my retirement plan still intact, and being home with the wife and kids every night works pretty well for me....
Taking the family on short day trips in the C172 isn't bad either....
One is fun, the other is work... people need to stop trying to mix the two....
or accept less than prevailing wage because they have SJS....
That is what we have now.... so many with SJS have accepted less than prevailing wage,
that they created a new sub-standard prevailing wage and called it regional...
How are new pilots supposed to get the experience needed to get to a major airline without climbing the ladder? Maybe the major airlines should offer a lottery when hiring pilots? Everyone with a brand new commercial license could put their name in the hat and magically get on with legacy without having to produce a fat logbook. Then they could stick to wage standards that would preserve the industry.
Skyhigh