Word is getting out. Pilots are low paid and are being treated without respect from their employers. Marinas and country clubs use to be populated by overpaid airline pilots now they occupy trailer parks, slums and starter homes. In time their reputation and status will sink to match the current reality.

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dw....13e79330.html
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dw....1b6739d3.html

Back when I was flying for Horizon Air there was a story in the news papers that Skywest pilots were given a memo instructing them not to wear their uniform to the food bank or welfare office anymore. Things like that tend to tarnish the fantasy.

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