What about auto pilot and fly by wire someday Pilots will be obsolete, planes will fly themselves electronically and there will only be a few pilots at a station somewhere that will take over via satalite link and a flight simulator if the plane gets into trouble, the Airforce already flys scout planes by satalite link, the pilot can be thousands of miles away at a base somewhere in a simulator doing the actual flying. 🙄
I think it's coming sooner than you might think, if it does happen they will still need Mechanics to build and repair the planes but no more pilots, and if the Carrier does not serve food and beverages they would only need one flight attendant to assist passengers to their seats, all the emergency instructions would be give via the video screens and a DVD :unsure:
So I say the Mechanics deserve the pay more, Pilots barely fly the planes anymore anyway it's mostly auto pilot.