meritflyer
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mtsu_av8er said:
Why I will keep my opinions of unions to myself, you dont need to be a member of one to fly or be a professional pilot as you have suggested its a prerequisite to being an airline pilot.
strike yourself out of a job
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Why I will keep my opinions of unions to myself, you dont need to be a member of one to fly or be a professional pilot as you have suggested its a prerequisite to being an airline pilot.
see, i would think the highest profession in the world would be a CEO for an airline or any other fortune 500 company!! that's the highest/mightyest profession in the professional world...attorney i think would come in 2nd - pilot, for the most part, has dropped to middle class.Champcar said:I just want to wear the uniform.
Seriously I just say that I want to be in the higest profession of the professional world.
the term "airline pilot" IMO seems to be tanking quite a bit.. granted, freight seems to be doing much better than all the other "professions" as far as the field of - pilot - is concerned.. but that's again just IMHO since i don't necessarily work in the field.. it all goes by what i "hear" (and not from the media).
When i ask other airline pilots (doug's friend/cohorts) if they'd do it all over again, most say no which is how i lead myself to this conclusion.
btw, i say "middle class" because it's only the top 2% (the 20 year, 55+ guys), maybe less than 2% now, that are making the "high class" dollars anymore.
When i ask other airline pilots (doug's friend/cohorts) if they'd do it all over again, most say no which is how i lead myself to this conclusion.
btw, i say "middle class" because it's only the top 2% (the 20 year, 55+ guys), maybe less than 2% now, that are making the "high class" dollars anymore.
bob loblaw
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When I was a younger man I used to think unions were for the weak also. I thought unions were there for crybabies and people who screw up. The one smart thing I did during this time was to keep my mouth shut, watch, and learn. I learned that without the union, there was no pairity in salary. I learned that management will try to force you into doing things that just weren't safe.
I've had unions on my side when I needed them to get a dispatcher off my back. The union backed me up when I refused a work assignment and walked off the job. I put the company in a position where they had to suspend me and pay me two weeks back pay for doing so. Had I not been working for a union company, I would have been terminated during that time.
But the most important lesson I learned was that a union exists because the company allows them to exist. The unions make big money off its members and they know that at anytime, a company can close their doors and put everyone on the street. Unions will bend over backwards to keep peice with a company in order not to lose the money it makes from the members. In the end the company still holds all the cards.
I've had unions on my side when I needed them to get a dispatcher off my back. The union backed me up when I refused a work assignment and walked off the job. I put the company in a position where they had to suspend me and pay me two weeks back pay for doing so. Had I not been working for a union company, I would have been terminated during that time.
But the most important lesson I learned was that a union exists because the company allows them to exist. The unions make big money off its members and they know that at anytime, a company can close their doors and put everyone on the street. Unions will bend over backwards to keep peice with a company in order not to lose the money it makes from the members. In the end the company still holds all the cards.
Champcar
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Guess I should have read you sig. Well all I know is that I will try my best to be professional and to represent my company the best I can. I just see it as apart of the job. Im only one person but its better than nothing.
It seems to me that no matter what job people have or how much they like it there is always something to complain about so im not worried about it. Im well aware of whats ahead and all that jazz, so ill have no one to blame but myself.
It seems to me that no matter what job people have or how much they like it there is always something to complain about so im not worried about it. Im well aware of whats ahead and all that jazz, so ill have no one to blame but myself.
Chris_Ford
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Kristie said:
But who cares? If you got into this profession for people to respect you, one could say that you self-image issues... Get into it because it's what you want to do, not because "other people will think you're cool"...
Captain_Bob
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Astronauts are... outta' this world! 
Lets be honest... At some point or another these pay consessions are getting out of control. It is only a matter of time before enough is enough and the airlines aren't getting any more out of their employees. Maybe Delta Pilots will stop the "dive to the bottom?" After this managment will actually have to figure out how to run a business, not just ask the employees for paycuts when they did not plan correctly.