Originally Posted by
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I think you are undervaluing your professional skills.
Your expectations have been lowered.
You've got to resist the forces who relentlessly seek to convince you that an airline pilot's profession and his career earnings are worth less in this day and age just because oil is a volatile commodity and airline managers have questionable competence.
I don't assign value to my professional skills, the market place does. It's not really oil and management incompetence that has impacted our career earnings. The biggest factor is deregulation. In a regulated market carriers were guaranteed profits and had little competition on routes. That market no longer exists.
As to our management's competence or lack there of, very few managers could effectively navigate today's pseudo regulated market where government has an ulterior motive and plays favorites. Ex, LGA slot swap.
I'm the second highest paid 4th year 737 pilot in the US. How is that not fairly compensated? Could it be more, sure. But it ain't gonna be 50% more, at least here in Literalville.