Originally Posted by
Fishfreighter
Duvie,
Let me get this straight...the economic system you "embrace" is the "outsource to the lowest bidder, even if it means I lose my job or work for crappy wages" system?
That kind of thinking went out when Upton Sinclair exposed the meat packing industry in "The Jungle". You need to go back and read how labor (that's right, pilots are just labor) was treated in the "good old days" you and the Tea Party appear to "embrace".
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
Look it's a simple case of the economics of a deregulated industry. There is a consumer of a product and there is a provider of a product. Pilots, FA's, Rampers, ATC, etc are the cogs in the wheel that enable the product to be delivered. Price dictates the flow of those goods and services. Owners and managers adjust prices to attract customers. When they price the product too low they attract a lot of business, but then can't pay their bills. They fold up their tent, get purchased out of bankruptcy, or start a new company and the whole process starts over again. It sucks to see so many professionals treated so poorly by companies seeking the almighty profit margin that pleases shareholders. But that drives capitalism. This is the system we have and MOST people feel this is the best system out there.