I get whatever dinner I want wherever I want it. And drinks, too. I make more money than 95% of the US population. I have zero debt. Yes, I am content with my status in life. No, I will never be a 1 percenter. But I'm not gonna sit around b!itching that someone has things I don't have. That's juvenile and a waste of time.

I don't care one bit what you think of me, and your continued insults over the past few months don't bother me at all. They just reflect the type of person you actually are... a miserable one, at best. I have all that I need, and most of what I want, and did it all myself. The fact that you have not achieved a level of self-satisfaction says much about you, but nothing about me. Stop trying to drag me (or anyone, for that matter) down to your level.


I'm sure you won't get this, but I'm gonna throw it out there just in case there's still a glimmer of hope for you:

If you own a refrigerator and it has food in it, if you have clothes on your body, a roof over your head, and a bed to sleep in, you're richer than 75% of the world.

If you have money in your wallet, and can go anywhere you want, you are in the top 18% of the world's wealthy people.

Since you are still replying, you are alive, not sick and dying like the one million people who will not live to see another week.

If you can actually READ this post, and understand it (the words, not necessarily the message. Everyone has limits) you are more fortunate than over three billion people who cannot see, cannot read or suffer mental retardation.

Life is not about complaining, pain, nor sorrow. Yes, those things happen.from time to time. But life is more about the thousand other things that bring happiness, joy, and puts a smile on our faces, so many reasons to be grateful and happy.

And for the record, today it's not lemonade, it's hand-squeezed margaritas with $55 top-shelf tequila. Come on over, I'll make you a couple!

 

TMAAT when you rationalized being in the middle of the bottom third in the industry and zero profit sharing!

Management's plan for total compensation is to find more of that in the hiring pool.

 

Profit sharing is nice, but I prefer to have a contract and good hourly pay. PS can go away in the blink of an eye.

 

Profit sharing is a formula for a bonus! When there are profits it triggers a bonus.

We have the worst formula. We used to have a standard plan and then management started to take money from the left pocket and put in the right pocket (change the formula). Since 2008 we would have no less than 4.8% PS in each and every year since then if were not for management monkeying with the formula.

What is worse is pilots(?) such as yourself (type) rationalized it then and to this day still do.

 

Wow I’m so impressed.

 

If you're gonna miss the point, you might as well miss it by a mile! Well done.

Everything you just said would be true if JB pilots took a 20% pay cut, so they should right?

Lemonade!

At least you've come up with JBALPA's next negotiations slogan:

"We've Already Got More Than We Need Guys".

Will look great on a bag-tag.

Enjoy your margarita.

 

"At least you don't live in a cardboard box!"

Where do we find these guys?

 

I’m at a loss for words every time an airline pilot compares his income to Walmart greeters, McDonald’s cooks, and the rest of the country instead of his peers. You’re an airline pilot in the US. Compare your income to other US airline pilots flying the same or similar equipment. It’s not about being the highest paid person in the country. It’s about being paid what you deserve for what YOU do. It doesn’t matter if you live within your means and have what you want. It’s about getting paid less for doing the same job flying the same equipment.

 

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see the PS bonuses that JB used to enjoy! I agree that ours is worse than pitiful, especially in this economy, and even more so with the tax breaks this administration has given corporations.

 

I shall. And you enjoy your day, knowing that I will make more than you and be happier doing it!!