Thread: SEA-TAC Workers get Raises, No effect on Airline Employees

Originally Posted by sfgiants13

I wonder what that's going to do to our employment. I think we'll have a hard time keeping people if they can work for $15 elsewhere.

That's exactly what's going to happen. I can't really complain with how it's worked out for me to this point, but when I decided to attempt an aviation career 7 years ago(already, wow!), I found that I would make more money working at the airport McDonalds or the gas station across the street than to work for a regional airline. I chose to take the pay cut for the opportunity to follow my passion. I know others do this as well, but I don't think it's a very large number. In many situations, more talented people go to McDonalds to make hamburgers, and less talented people are relegated to lesser tasks with regionals or ground handlers, such as communicating load information to flight crews, and deicing airplanes full of passengers who are trusting their lives to the rampers. There are plenty of very talented and hard working rampers all over the world, but I think this will only serve to greatly dilute the talent pool. Good luck man. Let us know how it works out.