The airline "career" has deteriorated into a "blue collar" job.
A career path often encompassing multiple employers.
We pilots are little more than truck/bus/taxi drivers with wings,
....subjected to constant schedule changes and relentless
challenges to our hard earned benefits and quality of life standards.
What are one's expectations? What can one do? What can one hope for?
The airline business has become a mass transit industry.
"Now everyone can fly" is the logo of paperless low cost
carrier AIR ASIA.
New practical reality: Carriers with the cheapest fares rule the sky.
...and most pilots, soon to be working for common wages, will
have a hard time earning expected retirement portfolios at any
retirement age.
