Originally Posted by
willwestwalk
"Pilots get paid too little because they accept too little."
Wrong......
Pay was low because everyone thought they were moving on. Well for many the regional level is a career. Pilots need to fight for proper pay right now.
They thought they were moving on... so they accepted $17,500 a year... like I did.
What you think you need, or don't need to do, to increase pay is fine. But the facts remain. Pilots willingly accept poor pay. It's not a new experience. There's just a lot more of it because the low end of the industry, the "regional" contract airlines, are HUGE compared to 20 years ago, or even 10 years ago.