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Originally Posted by surreal1221  And what are you doing? Besides questioning a professional pilot's ambition to improve the profession? |
I am forgoing the airlines for now. I refuse to fly a jet (PIC or SIC) for 19k a year. Hell, I refuse to fly a 172 for that much money. You have choices, and you aren't forced to fly for an airline. If Eagle would bump their pay to something I see as livable, I would be all over them. Instead, they just keep dropping their minimums to get people with shiny jet/prop syndrome.
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Originally Posted by surreal1221 Are you one of these "dreamer" pilots? |
Not sure what you mean by being a "dreamer" pilot. I have standards though, and 19k isn't one of them. If it was, I wouldn't have spent money on flight training and college.
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Originally Posted by surreal1221 Moreover, it's a clear acknowledgment that you're not reading what John is writing. He is not complaining, he is being a realist. |
He is feeding the problem, though. He took the crappy pay. He says he plans on getting involved in the union, and that is awesome. He says he would rather be on the street than go to a non-union. That is great, too. I wasn't calling him out, just wondering what he planned on doing about it, besides complaining. It was an honest question, and he answered it directly.