Are pilots blue collar or white collar?

[mwflyer]

(as their are much easier ways to earn a buck involving much less effort and time away from home)

great post. But I’m going to argue with you on this one. There is no easier job that I’ve found that compares to legacy 121 pay. Yes, it’s a slog to get there, but so is any other high paying profession.

 

[TWP]

Blue collar but the paycheck is white collar.

 

[ajm757]

Blue collar but the paycheck is white collar.

I know more blue collar guys who earn more than white collar workers. I don’t known many white collar workers though

 

[BobDDuck]

I know more blue collar guys who earn more than white collar workers. I don’t known many white collar workers though

This would be an epic character description in a screenplay.

 

[CoffeeIcePapers]

Jet Blue is blue collar.

 

[BigZ]

Holy •, there's a whole hanky code for collars!

Designation of workers by collar color - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I was gonna say "brown collar, based on where a lotta pilat heads are often," but that's apparently the military's designation.

Literally go to that link, click "Gray collar" and you get

Example occupations:

• Airline pilots

That being said, elsewhere the airline pilots have been reallocate to the gold collar:

Gold Collar Workers
Gold collar workers have traditionally been classified as white collar. These individuals are highly-skilled and in high-demand. Surgeons, engineers, anesthesiologists, lawyers, and airline pilots are all examples of gold collar workers. Gold collar jobs involve positions that have recently become essential enough to business operations that they warranted their own new classification.

That's cute and stuff, but I'm sticking with the gray inlay that keeps the sweat off the white shirt.
Blue collar is great, but most of y'all need to get off of the high horse - when you call upon mx to come bang on the crapper with a wrench you are not blue collar - and that's not a positive remark.
How you write things up is a great indicator
"Possible crack in frame 52 bracket doubler LH wheel well" - blue tint in the collar.
"FA advises aft lav won't flush" - sparkly pure white.

 

[Wardogg]

How you write things up is a great indicator
"Possible crack in frame 52 bracket doubler LH wheel well" - blue tint in the collar.
"FA advises aft lav won't flush" - sparkly pure white.

I'm a mechanic and a pilot. I would write up both of these exactly as you have written them here.