This is a point that I have been trying to bring up for sometime now. Pilots have been steadily loosing ground for the past 25 years or so. If projected into the future 25 more years things are very grim.
I really feel that pilots are to blame. We accept the job for less. Why would any company voluntarily keep wages higher? When a plumber feels that his pay is unacceptable he leaves for another company that pays more.
Pilots will hang on no matter what and management knows this. One day soon plumbers will earn much more than your average pilot.
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