Yeah. And it's those damn unions that keep wages high and qualifications down. Without them, corporations could get great prices on skilled labor. All they need to do is get together and fix some wages. After all, what's one unemployed schmuck gonna do against the combined corporate weight of an entire industry?
Pilots are a bunch of slobs. I mean look at these guys: they get paid a ridiculous sum of money. Even the freight dogs and puddle jumpers get paid at least as much as a high school teacher. And at the end of the day, they get to write their own hours in on the log. They're unionized, and they're regulated by the FAA, one of the most protective agencies in the world. So, for example, the FAA carefully regulates how many hours pilots can sleep between work shifts.
Sure, you might argue that a pilot does more work in the cockpit on the ground than in flight, but we don't have to worry about that. Let's just pay them while they're in the air. That way, they'll be sure not waste the passengers' time on the ground.
Plus these guys get vacations practically every week. Flying all over the country for a day, then spending the night in some sexy airport hotel with a minibar (that for $10, you can even open), I mean how cool is that.
Plus up there, you catch some sweet rays, and you get baby-soft skin. Man, just think how cool it must be to be around those sexy 45-year-old air hostesses all them time.
Modern cockpits make the job supereasy too. If you're lucky, you'll get one of those new airbus toys that are ergonomic wonder. Not even captain could make a landing like that.
