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Doug Taylor · March 3rd, 2005, 01:14

I'm afraid the Delta dork you ran into on the crew bus was "French Connection - UK"'ed up.

No, it's not up to you because we're in intrinscially different industries and your pressures are different.

My pressures, as a mainline passenger pilot are forces like Air Tran, Jetblue and the passenger-carrying regionals that are hell bent on flying mainline narrowbody flying at "get the experience and move up to captain quickly-rates" that want to trend the pay scale downward, whereas your pressures are perhaps (and pardon me if this is incorrect) cargo cabotage laws and the foreign carriers that are chomping at the bits to do your job for less.

As quick as they can bring in a Vigin Atlantic in to perform domestic point-to-point passenger travel for el-cheapo is the same pressures that freight forwarders have as our wonderful administration fights to relieve cabotage laws enabling third world nations to fly point-to-point domestic US and international freight.

Don't feel the pressure, I'm sorry, but it's not on you, it's on the dumbasses within the passenger airline industry and the dip##### you met is incorrect. Each time some dip##### is willing to fly for the 'love' and the chances at a quick 'upgrade' are the pressures that the average line pilot is fighting against. Your fight is a little different, heavily related, but different.

Tell me what pilot said some crackhead ##### like that so I can poop in his flight kit.

March 3rd, 2005, 01:14	#9
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 42,163 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Future of the Airlines I'm afraid the Delta dork you ran into on the crew bus was "French Connection - UK"'ed up. No, it's not up to you because we're in intrinscially different industries and your pressures are different. My pressures, as a mainline passenger pilot are forces like Air Tran, Jetblue and the passenger-carrying regionals that are hell bent on flying mainline narrowbody flying at "get the experience and move up to captain quickly-rates" that want to trend the pay scale downward, whereas your pressures are perhaps (and pardon me if this is incorrect) cargo cabotage laws and the foreign carriers that are chomping at the bits to do your job for less. As quick as they can bring in a Vigin Atlantic in to perform domestic point-to-point passenger travel for el-cheapo is the same pressures that freight forwarders have as our wonderful administration fights to relieve cabotage laws enabling third world nations to fly point-to-point domestic US and international freight. Don't feel the pressure, I'm sorry, but it's not on you, it's on the dumbasses within the passenger airline industry and the dip##### you met is incorrect. Each time some dip##### is willing to fly for the 'love' and the chances at a quick 'upgrade' are the pressures that the average line pilot is fighting against. Your fight is a little different, heavily related, but different. Tell me what pilot said some crackhead ##### like that so I can poop in his flight kit.