Originally Posted by
goaround2000
No this is a silly piece:
PassionAviator
What Bryan Lawlor did takes a lot of nerve, I know him personally, and he stuck his neck out in an effort to educate the masses about the inadequacies of pay for pilots, and for the benefit of everyone including furloughed pilots like yourself.
What all of you should be doing is thanking him for putting his personal life out there so that folks find out what we really go through as pilots.
So I ask you, what have done lately to improve the career? Oh that's right you're leaving to be a CPA? Incidentally why did you remove the link to your blog from your signature? It's a bit hypocritical of you don't you think?
When have I removed a link? I never touched it.
What I did was get furloughed, then decided to take life into my own hands and work on something else rather than sit around collecting unemployment. I call that hedging my bets, not waiting around for this industry to come around.
I know plenty of people (my father in law is one) who are struggling due to the economic recession. Many people are getting homes foreclosed upon, unemployment is almost at the end of the line, etc. This guy still has his job and from what I can tell is bringing in 75k/yr. All things considered, he's still doing pretty well. When things pick up, he'll get his command back along with the pay.
Those who have interpreted my comments to be defending the pay of regional airline pilots must have some other agenda in mind with this thread. This was a story of a guy who is one of countless thousands who have incurred economic troubles due to the recession.
This is tough road that many know all too well. There is no uncharted territory being covered here.