As always, there's plenty of other work out there if you don't like it. Heck, live on the dole the rest of your life, that's a real moneymaker
At least we can see than the majority of pilots agree that wages in Canada are low. And for the one who are saying that we are a bunch of whiners. It is partly because of this kind of mentality that wages are not increasing because you are devaluating our work.
You say it is easy. I dont know where you worked. But the job I have done in aviation were not "easy" I did some not related aviation job way easier than Piloting an Aircraft. Or maybe you did not work up north. Where you re on call and it is - 40 or less. I am not saying I did not like it. I am saying it is not "easy" as you said.
I know a bunch of people who are not in the aviation field and who will never do that for anything in the world.
Also the level of responsability as a Captain is far more than an heavy machinerie enginneer.
To come back on devaluating our profession. A good example is the ex VP of Air Canada who is now at Air France. As he was a VP at Air Canada he created Air Canada Rouge. Lower the FA wages. As the Airline industry hit profit records. We kept the 4 years flat pay at AC, Give some shitty contract to Sky Reg and jazz etc. As they were recording profit record!!
When he came to Air France, Pilots, FA and AME had demands to improve their working conditions. If he was not able to meet them, they were all going on strike. Ben Smith did his maths and saw the company would lose more money if they go on strike than accepting their demand. So He decided to accept them all. To avoid a strike.
He clearly state that Pilot were very respected and he recognized their skills as technical Personnal Inflight. I m not sure he ever say that about Air Canada pilots...
2 Differents company, Same leader but different unions and Coworkers who sticked together to get what they wanted because they value their work.
When you think your job does not worth that much. The Management takes a good note on this. Even as A FO when you start your carreer.
If you begin at 20$/an hour as a green FO it is stilll way too low because when you will be on your years 4th you will not be a young FO anymore. You would be a legitimate senior FO ready to go left seat but the wages would still be way too low because you started super low.
you would get paid 35 - 40$/ hour for a 4 years Dash 8 FO. It is very low. So this wages, even as a starter is way too low because their is no increases with experiences.
As an industry we need to stick together and not have this poor mentality. We need to value our work as a pilot, as a flight instructor, as FA and AME.
Saying that in the old days you had to pay for your own ppc and paid a shitty wages for years so we should stopped whinning and suck it up is not an argument. And I Have 2 questions for you. Did you enjoy your past situation? did you enjoy paying for your ppc and earning a low wages? And because you suffer from it, Why would other would have to suffer from the same things?
Your logic is completly flawed and is not making us progress on better conditions.
Fly safe! Cheers