Yeah, it was a tongue and cheek comment. My good buddy was a '99 hire. He was told it was the last job he'd ever have, he'd be a millionaire, and so on. I'm being told the same crap. People have really short memories. I hope I have a good career, but I'll let you know how it played out once I retire.
I think a stable career is definitely a successful one when it comes to this industry!
When I met my wife, I was a light jet driver and she flew for the airlines. Years later I decided to sell my soul and go 121, and she told me this, "You need to set your expectations such that any day you're not furloughed is a blessing, and when you are working, we'll budget for the right seat in the smallest piece of equipment in the fleet. Then plan on min guarantee. Anything you do above that will be gravy."
Her advice hasn't steered me wrong yet!
I think a stable career is definitely a successful one when it comes to this industry!
When I met my wife, I was a light jet driver and she flew for the airlines. Years later I decided to sell my soul and go 121, and she told me this, "You need to set your expectations such that any day you're not furloughed is a blessing, and when you are working, we'll budget for the right seat in the smallest piece of equipment in the fleet. Then plan on min guarantee. Anything you do above that will be gravy."
Her advice hasn't steered me wrong yet!
Just because some workers protested doesn't mean the rate is going to go to $15/hr. I think we're pretty far off from a $15 minimum wage. But the fact that someone can work full time and still end up below the poverty level is pretty sad. And the poverty level in this country is a pretty low bar. Most economists agree that it is grossly outdated and understated (it was created 60+ years ago based on three times the cost of the minimum diet, simply adjusted for inflation -- at the time, Americans spent about 1/3rd of their income on food; now they spend about 1/10th, because costs for shelter, health care, telecommunications, etc. have all increased dramatically...)
Yeah Yeah, ok. Lol. Well I didn't know New York would be getting all crazy. As a liberal, I really don't understand how democrats in NY think it's a good idea to single out one particular industry for a massive wage increase. I know recent college grads who make less than that. Now they'll say "I don't have to go to college, I can get a job at McD and make twice as much as other uneducated high school dropouts right off the bat." Plus most fast food restaurants are not owned by corporate, but are small franchise owners. Just going to lead to a lot of automation (probably a good thing as far as innovation is concerned, though) and inflated job demand to work at fast food restaurants, along with artificially low job supply in that industry. Really stupid. And, in order to attract workers, a lot of other businesses that pay less than $15 in NY may have to raise their wages significantly to attract labor (“why should I work for you making $10/hr when I can work for burger king and make $15/hr?"). Just doubling the minimum wage like that is nuts. At least it takes effect gradually, I don't think it will be fully implemented for another 5 years.
They page you out on demand like that for cargo?
A good chunk of my flying at work involves getting toned out at 0200-0500 for a flight, I still love it, wake up walk out to the hangar and go. I'll be hating life all the way to the threshold, but once I'm wheels up I'm having fun again
Perhaps someone screwed up. I remember flying about 500 pounds of labels to a bottling plant in the middle of the night because the charter cost was less than the cost of shutting down the line then starting it back up. The guy who accompanied the labels on the trip said they would only last until a larger shipment got there by airline the next day.
