Originally Posted by
JustAMushroom
I'm so sick of this false argument... People are supposed to give two tears for you because YOU don't think their salary is lofty enough? Give me a break.
The pharmacist at my local grocery store makes $90k. The one at the hospital makes $130k. You don't hear those guys moaning about getting undercut when the hospital pharmacy cut jobs.
Everyone wants more money. If the regional pays enough for that guy then who are you to belittle him? We are not entitled to anything. working together is the only way to raise the wages we all want.
Respect.
You are right we are not entitled to anything. What you earn is based on what you and your contemporaries value their skills at. If you are willing to settle for $30,000 a year for the skills and training you have spent years building then that is exactly what you will be paid.
You are also right in that we all must work together to raise wages (taking low paying jobs won't do this) which is what ALPA national should be doing. Honestly I'm not sure what National is doing because everything they touch seems to further degrade the industry. I know that the locals work very hard and do the best they can at their individual airlines so don't take my statement out of context. In my opinion National has not done very much to coordinate and unify the pilots across different airlines.