Originally Posted by
Yzerman
I guess I don't understand what you mean by bettering the industry. Is it just everybody respecting each other?
That's nice and all, but having guys/gals who are "better off than most" and are willing to do this job for whatever the company feels like paying, doesn't help the rest of the pilots improve conditions. It actually hurts.
Look, most (if not all) of us love to fly; if we didn't, we wouldn't be here. I totally agree with you there. But for many of us, it's our job, our career, our profession... One which we need to support ourselves, our families, etc. It's not a hobby.
I apologize my earlier post when i said "you" i was referring to those airline captains who act the way i was speaking against.
And i also did not mean by my last post to insinuate that i was ok with low pay for pilots. My statement was that i am financially OK with the low pay for now. However my biggest issue with the industry is that they will not pay pilots what we deserve. They demand the up most professionalism in one of the toughest jobs out there, with the most demanding schedule yet they pay you less than a garbage man (no offense to people who work in the sanitation industry) I will take the 19k a year because i have to but i will join hands with every pilot out there in demanding more pay because thats whats right and that is what should happen.
Also apologies on misreading your post earlier.