Mike, I’ll take the laughable hypocrisy of pilots for 5 points
Back in the day, A scalers got offered RA65 and as a result every B scaler got the choice of RA55 with bypass pay to compensate for additional years as an F/O. And here we are, B scalers on RA55 now want RA65 but couldn’t give a rats ass about bypass pay that the C scalers should be entitled to as a result of them also getting additional years as an F/O.
Back in the day the AOA fought tooth and nail to offer commands on the Freighter to anyone who would take it because $24K housing ($38ish in today’s money) was more than enough to live on in Hong Kong. And here we are bleating about how we can’t live on a reduction in the $100K rental. For sh*ts and giggles the company, with the AOA’s blessing, should offer Freighter commands again with “much reduced” housing just to see the hundreds and hundreds that would apply.
I could go on here.
The GC would be a fun job if it wasn’t for the pilots they have to represent.....