If you really want to be sad, look at what we pay someone to fix our plumbing in the house when it leaks. How about the gent working on your Porsche or Benz? Bet its not far under what most pilots with less than 10 years senority are making.
As well we get to look forwards to being a WalMart greeter or McDonnalds employee every six months when doing our sim ride or medical.
Yes, we did choose it for a vocation but the more and more they pile crap on the situation it sure makes me think about doing something else. Now just noticed that Delta, among others in the states, have been allowed by the court to stop paying pilots pensions. It just gets better and better...
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