Re: Controladores aereos,el gran lio.
Un gerente de restaurante en McDonald's gana más que un piloto comercial.
Mira lo mal pagados que están los pilotos.
El piloto que aterrizó sin muertos en el rio Hudson habla del tema.
Hudson pilot urges safety funding
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7908508.stm
He said pay cuts had placed "pilots and their families in an untenable financial situation", and that this was deterring potential recruits.
He added that his decision to stay in the airline industry had come at "a great financial cost to me and my family", with his pay cut and pension downgraded.
Algunos pilotos no ganan ni para el sustento y necesitan dos empleos.
Si vas a volar, cómprate Flight Simulator y vuela en casa, porque si te haces piloto te mueres de hambre vistiendo un bonito uniforme. Para su información, un salario anual de $12,000 es un salario de hambre que no da para las necesidades básicas. La piloto Rebeca Shaw hacía $16 mil como piloto, y tenía que trabajar como mesera en una cafetería para redondear el ingreso.
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Buffalo crash probe focuses on pilot fatigue, low pay
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/13/buffalo-crash-probe051309.html
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board's inquiry in Washington focused its attention on pilot fatigue as a possible contributing factor to the crash of Continental Airlines Flight 3407, which killed all 49 people aboard and one person on the ground. Co-pilot Rebecca Shaw, 24, was working out of Newark Liberty International Airport and had complained about having a cold on the day of the Feb. 12 crash. (...) She previously had a second job working in a coffee shop.
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Panel on Fatal Crash Looks at Pilots' Pay, Commutes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051301848.html
Under questioning from the board, Mary Colgan Finnigan, Colgan's vice president for administration, confirmed that Rebecca Shaw, co-pilot of the fatal flight, drew an annual salary of about $16,200. The board also said that Shaw once held a second job in a coffee shop while working as a pilot for the airline in Norfolk.