i'm not trying to belittle the pilot profession..in fact i'm a pilot myself(well,at least close to be,i am a cadet pilot for a major airline in the far east and i'm due for graduation in a few months in the CPL/IR with frozen ATPL course and i have a ppl)..what worries me is do airline captains have a say in management?since they might be categorized as highly-paid "blue-collar" workers in some countries.........i mean the captain might have the final say in how much flaps to use for a landing..but his opinion wont be much valued in the board meeting to change the management infrastructure of the company..thats assuming that he even SITS in the board meeting....
i know there are mangement pilots but how far do they go? and how many line pilots eventually become management pilots?
just my 0.02.correct me if i'm wrong....