threegreenlights.... what a silly response....
1. A subway driver... is a driver! Driving a vehicle running on rails, heavily controlled by others in signalling etc... no comparison, and they are unskilled.
You are joking, they start on about 30K, that is way more than a new start F/O on a turbo prop...
2.
Doctors/Nurses/Paramedics are professional, highly trained and earn !!!!! money compared with us.
I have yet to see a doctor on "!!!!! money"...!
I am very lucky - I do a job that I love, I am reasonably rewarded financially in our market sector. We have some status and get to sleep with CC (ok, so there are some downsides).
What a stupid immature statement... if you really are in the industry you must be one of these yougsters who all stary eyed paid up for a type rating to fly a shiny jet...
The
only way this industry will change regards management attitude towards us is to stop the 'buying type ratings scam'.
If you don't believe me, just poke your head into the wanabes forum and see all the gushing about 'buying a job'... thats just it, it is a
job , anf the youngsters have to understand that. These guys have too much money to spend on flying and see no problem with buying themselves into a job, management know it and use it as a lever on
all aircrew.
Doomsayer maybe, but shortage or not, its gonna get worse before it gets better, unless we can get Balpa off their cozy arses and
do something!!