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Union Airline Pilots Occupy Wall Street
Hundreds of uniformed pilots, standing in stark contrast to the youthful Occupy Wall Street protesters, staged their own protest outside of Wall Street over the past couple of days, holding signs with the picture of the Hudson river crash asking “What’s a Pilot Worth” and others declaring “Management is Destroying Our Airline.” (www.forbes.com) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
me personally, I won't fly on an airline where the combined salary of the two monkeys up front is less than what I make. I want them to have a good incentive not to crash the plane.
I'd say one's own life would be enough of an incentive
Right on Jack.
I fully agree with Jack. Plus, why are you flying an airline that hires monkeys? Most airlines hire professionals, and I expect them to act like professionals. As for what pilots make, just like any job, you make what you agree to make. The biggest thing that hurts airlines are union goons that think they're owed something beyond a paycheck. Just look at what they did to Eastern.
If the airline can afford a 90 million dollar plane, they should hire and pay some actual qualified pilots and maintenance personnel, instead of taking people in with no real world experience, straight out of simulator school. Each of those Buffalo pilots had under 1000 hrs of total time, not just time in type, but lifetime total; like one 10yr old kid trying to teach another 10yr old quantam physics: neither is qualified to teach or learn something so complex. I understand the concept of On The Job training, but hell you would expect the Captain to have some considerable experience while training the rookie.
Chris; your point and mine are the same. Money was not the difference- experience was. Everyone has to gain that to be the best they can be. Sully wasn't paid the big bucks in the military, but I bet he was pretty good and got better every mission.