Oh, come on. 🙄 Bus drivers (the road ones) don't have to deal with anywhere near the complexity of a gusty crosswind low vis landing.usairways_vote_NO said:
I guess this is where I get off.
There's a big difference between the extreme pressure to get the aircraft repaired and back in service, where quick is measured in minutes, and the extreme pressure of the aforementioned landing, where quick is measured in tenths of a second. That'd be a couple of orders of magnitude difference, in fact.With all due respect, you're taking the statements too literally. Yes, pilots can be trapeze artists as well, but the point really is that there is not a readily transferrable set of skills from the pilot profession.USA320Pilot said:
Do you fly? The aircraft nowadays are way capable of handling your above mentioned complex landing and do it on their own. Try that with a load of kids on a bus on a winding road with ice at night with drunk drivers and lunatics driving.mweiss said:Oh, come on. 🙄 Bus drivers (the road ones) don't have to deal with anywhere near the complexity of a gusty crosswind low vis landing.
I guess this is where I get off.
The only trapeze about it is wiggiling into your seat.USA320Pilot said:
If you have so much going for you why are you so willng to be so selfish and ask others to give up their professions just so you can have your fun flying? I don't believe it for a minute, no you are the the scared little puppy so unwilling to stand up to the company for whats right because you afraid of what will happen.USA320Pilot said:
mweiss said:
700, He answered, you just didn't like what he had to say, you NEVER like what he has to say!!!700UW said:
CAV, C'mon!!!!! This quote is pure Bull#$$@!!!!!! They are pilots, we are IAM. They make more!!!!! It's been that way for 50 years!!! Why fall prey to the class envy thing????? They make more, so they can afford to give more????? That is the most ignorant thinking. You said you were not going to respond to 320 anymore. The reason you continue to do so is your dislike of EVERYTHING he says. You and 700!!! I happen to think he posts some viable info. You ( and me) may not like what he has to say, but when someone on this board posts info that needs to be talked about, they are attacked as a "company" person, or someone who is out of touch. Cav, whether you like it or not, the pilots have been slammed hard! To think that they can accomidate Mngt easier because of what they make is NOT rational thinking!! You told me about your son before, Whats to say he deserves everything he may EARN in the future?????? STOP this class envy bullshit!!! GOOD DAY!!!!!cavalier said:
Not true...... Plenty of pilots are college educated with a DEGREE, and if they needed to, could go to another line of workWorldTraveler said:This topic has covered alot of ground from my first look at it a couple hours ago.
A320pilot,
Congratulations on working in the profession that probably has the LEAST transferrable skillset imaginable, esp. at the compensation level pilots have been used to. Because you cannot take your skills elsewhere, you and lots of other pilots have no other choice but to accept the wage your employers are willing to offer. Given that there are probably close to 10K US based major airline pilots out of work, pilots will have little ability to dictate their salaries for years to come.
If my son tells me he wants to become an airline pilot, I'll probably sit down and have a long chat with him.
Of course, a collateral benefit is that military pilots are much more likely to stay in the military instead of jumping ship after the taxpayers have invested significantly in their training. Perhaps that is the real motive for the government's attack on airline employee salaries.
