Originally Posted by
Whacker77
Have you seen the unrest taking place in those countries where high union wages dominate? The Western European countries have highly paid pilots and their economies are failing or stalled at best. Just look at England. BA is set for a three day strike and Greece is falling apart. Higher wages in the foreign countries may not be all they're cracked up to be.
I hear where you are coming from but I'm not convinced the economic meltdown in these places is due to the fact that they are paying their pilots what they should. The most likely cause I would say is greed. Americans aren't the only ones that are greedy. They learned it from watching us.