Sure got quiet!
03-30-2015, 11:27 AM
#21
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Originally Posted by TheWrightStuff
The article also says that this guy was pulling down the equivalent of $141,000 a year.
03-30-2015, 11:59 AM
#22
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Originally Posted by AceyCandler
630 hours TT and he's making 141k? What's wrong with this picture? He should be in the right seat of a C152 making $18 an hour to teach kids how to fly. No big jets or big paychecks until you've got 8k hours in RJs and are willing to blow someone for a mainline interview.
03-30-2015, 12:12 PM
#23
Mx Delay
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Originally Posted by Whiplash6
Yeah because the American system is the way things should be. He should make $18k first year and then never upgrade, start at another airline making first year pay before he gets furloughed, joke around about becoming a truck driver (lol), become s truck driver, get recalled, go through a merger and lose what relative seniority and fly for another 25 years listening to Delta pilots complain about making $180k a year and telling him he needs to pay his dues.
03-30-2015, 12:24 PM
#24
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Originally Posted by Whiplash6
Yeah because the American system is the way things should be. He should make $18k first year and then never upgrade, start at another airline making first year pay before he gets furloughed, joke around about becoming a truck driver (lol), become s truck driver, get recalled, go through a merger and lose what relative seniority and fly for another 25 years listening to Delta pilots complain about making $180k a year and telling him he needs to pay his dues.
03-30-2015, 01:06 PM
#25
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Position: FAA 'Flight Check'
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Originally Posted by TheWrightStuff
The article also says that this guy was pulling down the equivalent of $141,000 a year, but was unhappy with his profession. Something doesn't add up. I think this is just the type of situation needed to bring Jack Bauer out of retirement.
03-30-2015, 04:50 PM
#26
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Burning the Agitprop of the Apparat
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We see the reporting from the likes of Dick Quest and Anderson Cooper and are somehow surprised at the inaccuracy of their statements.
What we really need to understand is that EVERYTHING they report is bogus on all subjects, not just aviation.
What we really need to understand is that EVERYTHING they report is bogus on all subjects, not just aviation.
03-30-2015, 07:09 PM
#27
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Originally Posted by jungle
We see the reporting from the likes of Dick Quest and Anderson Cooper and are somehow surprised at the inaccuracy of their statements.
What we really need to understand is that EVERYTHING they report is bogus on all subjects, not just aviation.
What we really need to understand is that EVERYTHING they report is bogus on all subjects, not just aviation.
03-30-2015, 09:18 PM
#28
Day puke
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Position: Out.
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I have a crazy idea: next time there is an accident or incident, let's all post absurd ideas about the cause and see which networks run with it. It could be fun... or completely informative. After all, it could have been a miniature black hole that entered the FO's brain.
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