I am not a fan of Air India or it's management, but I loved the fact that they did not shy away from taking some firm steps in showing the striking Pilots the doors.
The book 'Freakonomics' authored by economists Levitt and Dubner carries a whole chapter on the economics of a 'Job'.
Loosely reproduced, they say that how much a job pays depends on:
- How scarce or abundant the resource pool is of talented people wanting to do the job.
- The nature of the job itself, in terms of difficulty and criticality
- Stigma and distress associated with the job. For example a prostitute's job might not be the most difficult to carry out but the stigma attached to it, might make it more lucrative than similar easier jobs that are perceived to be 'cleaner' by the society.
Going by this, I think Pilots are the most overpaid bunch of people.
It's an awful lot of money to pay someone just to get the damn equipment off the ground and back down without breaking it.
As if that weren't enough, they need a partner to help them do it.
And might I add this whole process of taking off and landing takes about 10 minutes for each flight.. Everything between is usually done by a bloody machine called the 'Auto Pilot' while our 'Human pilots' are busy sipping martinis!
I say get these fuckers to tally the book of accounts in their idle time..
It's obvious these Pilots are just using our lack of knowledge on the subject and hyping up the whole flying thing. It's a Commercial Airliner for God's sake! It's not as if you are trying to dodge a Surface to Air Missile or an F-16 on your tail! Infact, you've got a bunch of hardworking guys who are clearing the road for you down at ATC!
And whoever said, pay them well coz the lives of the passengers depended on how the pilots performed!!
Well...the life of the Pilot too depends on how he performs, so he bloody well make sure he flies the damn plane right!
All the management has to do is take away the pilot's parachute.
And if getting killed in an accident was such a big worry, we should be paying the cab driver a helluva lot more, coz statistically we are more likely to meet with an accident on the road than in the air! And the cabby doesn't even have someone clearing the road for him!
Besides, there are so many aspiring pilots passing out of Flying schools.. Waiting in the wings... about time they get inducted into this trade at reasonable salaries!
Someone needs to THINK!!
The book 'Freakonomics' authored by economists Levitt and Dubner carries a whole chapter on the economics of a 'Job'.
Loosely reproduced, they say that how much a job pays depends on:
- How scarce or abundant the resource pool is of talented people wanting to do the job.
- The nature of the job itself, in terms of difficulty and criticality
- Stigma and distress associated with the job. For example a prostitute's job might not be the most difficult to carry out but the stigma attached to it, might make it more lucrative than similar easier jobs that are perceived to be 'cleaner' by the society.
Going by this, I think Pilots are the most overpaid bunch of people.
It's an awful lot of money to pay someone just to get the damn equipment off the ground and back down without breaking it.
As if that weren't enough, they need a partner to help them do it.
And might I add this whole process of taking off and landing takes about 10 minutes for each flight.. Everything between is usually done by a bloody machine called the 'Auto Pilot' while our 'Human pilots' are busy sipping martinis!
I say get these fuckers to tally the book of accounts in their idle time..
It's obvious these Pilots are just using our lack of knowledge on the subject and hyping up the whole flying thing. It's a Commercial Airliner for God's sake! It's not as if you are trying to dodge a Surface to Air Missile or an F-16 on your tail! Infact, you've got a bunch of hardworking guys who are clearing the road for you down at ATC!
And whoever said, pay them well coz the lives of the passengers depended on how the pilots performed!!
Well...the life of the Pilot too depends on how he performs, so he bloody well make sure he flies the damn plane right!
All the management has to do is take away the pilot's parachute.
And if getting killed in an accident was such a big worry, we should be paying the cab driver a helluva lot more, coz statistically we are more likely to meet with an accident on the road than in the air! And the cabby doesn't even have someone clearing the road for him!
Besides, there are so many aspiring pilots passing out of Flying schools.. Waiting in the wings... about time they get inducted into this trade at reasonable salaries!
Someone needs to THINK!!
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