I've just read the new award pay scales, I'm almost embarrassed to say I belong to an industry within Australia that treats by way of poor wages & lousy T&C's it's workers as second class.Pilots are virtually no longer respected for their profession.
I feel very sad for the young one still out there keen enough to want to be a professional pilot.
You will never take the 'pilot' out of someone whom has a love for same but the 'profession' has been removed (or perhaps it was never really there anyway) & for that I think that the employers will regret this in the future as we slowly loose what was once a great career path for the dedicated young aviators.
Those who love the art of flying will never be broken, you can take away their rights, you can take away their future but you will NEVER take away their freedom to fly
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Wmk2