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Old 05-06-2017 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Jetlife
I keep telling my wife that being an airline pilot by definition is a white collar job, but it feels like a blue collar job, and it's because of crap like this.
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.
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Old 05-06-2017 | 01:44 PM
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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 .
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Old 05-06-2017 | 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by juventus
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.....
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Old 05-06-2017 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by juventus
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 .
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.
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Old 05-07-2017 | 03:18 AM
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Soooo, still some rumor of some type of merger then? Curious whats been floating around.
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Old 05-07-2017 | 09:56 AM
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Yes and there are doctors and lawyers that make less then 6 figures as well. Whatever people .
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Old 05-07-2017 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by juventus
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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Old 05-07-2017 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by WutFace
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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Old 05-07-2017 | 11:00 AM
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There is no merger coming... wake up
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Old 05-07-2017 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Packrat
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Yes. Blue collar. Probably the most technical and highly trained blue collars of any industry. We are high end truck drivers.
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