Comment by nunez

Regulation and strong unions are the only thing holding airlines back from doing what the cruise lines did long ago: importing all of their labor from cheaper countries and paying them trash while working them to the bone.

In the meantime, captains at legacy airlines are the only ones getting paid well. Everyone else struggles to make ends meet. All while airlines constantly compain that they "can't find enough qualified pilots." Where have I heard this said before...

Also, every pilot is subject to furloughs, which happen every time economic headwinds blow a little too hard, which resets their tenure, and their payscales, if they switch employers.