Well, all you have to do is make a catchy video like "United Breaks Guitars" and have it go viral, and problem solved.

Nu

Been way too long :)

The whole thing is hopeless, unless you can get every regional pilot, at every airline that is making crap pay to stop flying and demand more pay (unrealistic goal). Then you'd have to prevent all those fresh com/instrument students from offering to fill those slots. I highly doubt there will ever be a huge pilot shortage. Most the airlines I talk to are still getting stacks of resumes. Southwest gets like qualified 10000 applications for 100 slots. Even if the other airlines only get 1/4th as many applicants that is still 2500 applicants for 100 slots, I just don't see it happning.

The jobs are out there...why fly for peanuts when there's this? Sam

EMB170/190 Captains Recruitment Excellent Commuting Contract - January 2012 European Assessment

Our client, NAS Air have announced, excellent NEW TERMS ON OFFER for the recruitment of EMB170 /190/195 Captains on a Commuting & Full Time Contract, dates and locations for January 2012 European Assessments to be announced shortly. Further assessments will be held in February 2012 in United States.

Commuting Contract - 6 weeks on /3 weeks off, with confirmed flights to home base each rotation - Monthly Salary (including 65hours) USD$14,368 / Yearly (including all benefits) USD$180,416 Tax Free

Full Time Contract - 7 consecutive days off per month, plus 30 annual leave days per year, plus monthly national & education allowance - Monthly Salary (including 65 hours) USD$16,502 / Yearly (including all benefits) USD$206,204 Tax Free

If you're making poor wages, your only leverage is to embarass the companies that take advanage of you in this manner. Take out full page ads in ATL, MSP, MEM, SLC, NYC newspapers and let the public know that Delta Connection pilots qualify for food stamps. The flying public doesn't want to read this and neither does Delta or your management. Does anybody recall all the rage regarding Colgan 3407 and the pay/working conditions that this tragedy exposed? The public was outraged for about two days, but then they forgot just as quickly. We need to maintain the pressure and public outrage to bring about change. If you're seriously relying on management to fix the integrity of this profession, then I foresee a lot of Ramen noodles and PB&J sandwiches in your future dietary plans.

The American public doesn't care. The American public is trying to stay in their houses with the lights on or finding a job that will pay more than minimum wage. All they care about are low ticket prices and getting home on time. They won't pay more so we can get paid more. Our problem is with our union and management. Making the American people aware of how much we make won't stop them from flying.

My f/o the other day did some math. We transported over 30,000 people last year. My f/o made less than $1/passenger he moved.
Not to mention the endless nights in crappy hotels, crap airport food, time in simulator, medicals, blah blah blah.....

Pay cut? Ha up yours.

If you don't like the pay and terms of your employment you should seek another job or consider another profession. Supply & Demand, corporate laws and the health of your company will determine your future pay, not some silly grass roots movement. Nice try.

So you're telling me that airlines can't raise the price of a ticket by $3 so the whole crew gets 30k increase in pay each???

Baggage fees and fuel surcharges are some of the methods the airlines uses to survive. I think once the pilot group realizes that WE are the rare commodity to the company and hardest (takes longest) to replace, then the airlines will tack on a $5 fee for the crew. Whether the public likes it or not, that should be set in place by all airlines just like taxes and 3816 surcharges the pax are exposed to already.

Sounds like a dream far fetched but with the massive retirements, lowest cpl issuances in decades and the 1500 hour rules going in effect, perhaps the golden era part 2 will commence for us within the next 5-10 years!!!