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.
These Western European countries have governments that are borderline socialistic also. The high government wages were the downfall of Greece, not high paid pilots. We in America are heading down the same path of Greece and our pilots are paid peanuts.