Originally Posted by
Deano969
No auto pilot in trucks (yet)
No FA bringing coffee or snacks
Break down and wait hours for tech in 45 degree heat
No GA at 38,000 feet, plenty of "GA" all around you on the roads with no ATC keeping you apart
Triple + the hours for the same pay
No work life balance
Sleep in the box
No roos at 38,000 feet
No FO to help out
Pre flight walk around gets you dirty
Blue singlet uniform
Pie and coke for lunch
No weighbridges at 38,000 feet, nor airway patrol
One benefit is that you can cop a gobby at most truck stops
I don’t think the point here was to literally compare pilots to truck drivers. The point is, almost every other industry has woken up to the fact that supply and demand necessarily drives pay and conditions. Airlines are struggling to let go of the dogma that has seen the pay and conditions plummet over the last 20-30 years. When the house of cards that airline CEOs have built falls down, the situation will get very interesting indeed. No other service industry suffers financial impact like we do when a flight is cancelled due to one person not turning up and the reserve coverage was used up at roster publish.