Originally Posted by
Northwind
I'm just looking for some input. If seems very foggy to me how people are surviving and why don't pilots demand to get paid accordingly for the highly professional jobs they do?
Pilots are plentiful and will work for peanuts. You are a prime example of this. It takes three years to become a licensed plumber and two years to be able to professionally cut hair, but 90 days to become a licensed commercial pilot.
Even now I'll bet that you could start and airline and offer minimum wages and easily be able to fill the classroom.
Without unions the pay would free fall. A pilots only value to the company is the cost of their initial training.
SkyHigh