Why on earth would someone with an MBA be interested in being a FA?
Also, are you saying that most FA's are not bright? I know that's not what you meant, but come on. Maybe some of us had other very successful careers in our younger days and just want to try something different.
But for the most part, you're looking at 22 year olds who have just about zero experience in the work world and who don't understand what it's like.
What, you don't like working with the 18 year olds?
Why do I get the feeling that somewhere Chris Hansen is watching this thread?
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I didn't say flight attendants are stupid.
I simply said that the pool of people who are willing to take a job for $16,500 a year is not large.
Especially given the working conditions that you've got and with an employer that's constantly crapping on you and blaming you for its problems.
Yes, there will be a few people like you, who want to do something different.
But for the most part, you're looking at 22 year olds who have just about zero experience in the work world and who don't understand what it's like.
I had a really funny comment, but considering how lawsuit happy some in the media are, I'll just refrain!
Why do I get the feeling that somewhere Chris Hansen is watching this thread?
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You told these guys they can work 5 more years
I certainly didn't tell them that. I told them to get the hell out of my seat. ... It is absolutely unconscionable for a 60 year old Captain who's spent 30+ years in his left seat at a major to continue while a junior pilot with young kids and a student loan is getting sent to the streets. Age 65 is an abomination.
It's not your seat, it's theirs
And after the pensions they were contractually promised when they started were gutted, you certainly cannot blame them for sticking around....
The rules of the game when they started their careers said that they only owned that seat until the age of 60. You can't change the rules mid-game.
I certainly can blame them, and I do. Most of them voted in favor of the concessions packages that eliminated the very pensions that you refer to. Only the AAA pilots had their pensions voted away by the MEC without a membership vote. But since you bring up the pensions, what of the pilots who still have their pensions? The senior NWA pilots still have their full pensions, yet they refuse to retire. The old UPS and FDX pilots have incredible pensions, yet they too refuse to give up their seats, meanwhile FDX has rumors going that management might want to reduce staffing in the near future. Sorry, but the pensions argument doesn't cut it. Most of the senior pilots voted to get rid of the pensions, and the ones that still have them aren't retiring anyway. It's a matter of greed, not need. How they can sit there in that left seat and watch a 30 year old junior pilot with three kids and a $50k student loan get furloughed is absolutely despicable.
Coulda fooled me....Mellow... Mellow... That's not what PCL said.
:yeahthat:Coulda fooled me....
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The rules of the game when they started their careers said that they only owned that seat until the age of 60. You can't change the rules mid-game.
Most of the senior pilots voted to get rid of the pensions, and the ones that still have them aren't retiring anyway. It's a matter of greed, not need. How they can sit there in that left seat and watch a 30 year old junior pilot with three kids and a $50k student loan get furloughed is absolutely despicable.
I certainly didn't tell them that. I told them to get the hell out of my seat. Several airlines now have 2-300 of these guys. Meanwhile, hundreds of pilots are getting furloughed. At one airline in particular, the furloughs almost exactly match the number of 60+ pilots. It is absolutely unconscionable for a 60 year old Captain who's spent 30+ years in his left seat at a major to continue while a junior pilot with young kids and a student loan is getting sent to the streets. Age 65 is an abomination.