Another Pilot compensation article...
 

Commuter airlines' underpaid pilots are plain scary: Connie Schultz - Connie Schultz, Plain Dealer Columnist - cleveland.com



So we all know the result will be...crickets. But at least there should be a few less "I thought you guys made $450,000 a year." comments from the loving pax.

Yahwwwnnn........

OK...So yes we have seen this before.

Well this is gonna deter more people from flying thanks media.

I doubt that.

I agree. The way the pilot factories (ERAU, ATP, UND, GIA) sell this profession, there will always be someone willing to do it for pennies just so they can claim they are an airline pilot and make 6 digit salaries in a few years (yeah right!):rolleyes:. To add insult to injury, now with the 190 coming on property at RAH, I guarantee you the latest batch of graduates will be lining up around the corner to fly the 73 size aircraft just for bragging rights.

It's time to hit the reset button on our segment of the industry. If we don't, well let's just say that the Colgan accident is only the beginning. Best of luck to us all.

Spot on. That's it right there, I agree with you, nothing else to add.

How many kids at flight schools dying to put on that airline uniform and dreaming of kicking the tires of a jet as passengers look on from inside the terminal??? how many? lots.... the regionals know that

Roger Cohen, president of the Regional Airline Association is a $^#%ing idiot.

"Compensation has nothing to do with safety," he told the AP

How many of you have ever been working and all of a sudden you are thinking about how you can squeeze $300 to fix a problem with you car or fix the washer and dryer? It doesn't happen a whole lot, but every now and then I find myself thinking about money. I do not demand $100,000 to fly a Dash around nor do I think I deserve it, but I think more than my current $25,000 is more than understanding. Say $99,000....just kidding!! :D

Why are you kidding?

Until pilots value themselves properly, it's hopeless to expect management or the flying public to do so.

This kills me:

"Renslow had failed flight checks in the aircraft five times before he passed."

From what I read before, he failed his initial and upgrade. The other 3 were pre121. While still a lot of failures, he passed 6 PC's prior to the accident.

"He also reportedly did not know the emergency procedures to prevent the aircraft from stalling"


Yep. They got us now. Never once do we pilots ever get any stall training. Lets freak out the public more and tell them that regional pilots are as about experienced in flying as a waiter or school teacher. Opps, b!tch beat me to it..........

"We all know that low pay attracts less-experienced workers, from table servers to schoolteachers."