Originally Posted by Flying Cog
As an aside, I'm earning a whisker over 20,000 USD per month as an F/O on a wide body, and I put that down in part to the fact that I DID NOT SELL OUT like all the newbies coming into the industry now.
I actually find it hard to believe that an FO can earn 20 k$ after tax - unless of course it's before tax in which case it's only useful for substitution of measuring a certain male organ...
You may not agree with me, but salary isn't everything. For example, you get offered a large salary to work all the time straight to the limits (and sometimes beyond). Wouldn't that be considered as a sell out by somebody who earns 10% less, but has much more civilised T&Cs?
I will say that we as pilots should stop the P2F, but the highest burden lies with the SFI/TRIs and line training captains. If they say no to training people who are not being paid, surely then the P2F concept cannot exist?