Its not a white collar job. We are just labor. Period. And labor is the easiest cost to control in the airline business.

Fuel? Nope.
Leases? Nope.
Labor...BINGO.

Jetlife , I'm not sure what is your point , are you an Alaska FA ?
If you are an Alaska pilot , you are making over 6 figures on your 3rd year , just to be fair , you are not a blue collar worker, not even close . That said , I also want to be paid present market rates .

Dont let your ignorance show.....most union iron workers, pipe fitters, boiler makers, carpenters, lineman, electricians etc make well in to six figures.....

If you are a seasoned, skilled trade worker and part of a union, you can make serious money. The lines are more blurry than you think.

Soooo, still some rumor of some type of merger then? Curious whats been floating around.

Yes and there are doctors and lawyers that make less then 6 figures as well. Whatever people .

You are a faceless cog in the machine. Interchangeable. Replaceable. Doctors and lawyers can be identified by their own individual talents. In our industry there's no way to make such distinctions.

Wake up from your delusions. You're blue collar labor.

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There is no merger coming... wake up

Yes. Blue collar. Probably the most technical and highly trained blue collars of any industry. We are high end truck drivers.