[Dimnos]

...pilots are making less money than janitors, your meals are total shit and you have to pay extra just to check a bag. Is because tiny ass do nothing parts that have absolutly nothing to do with the air worthieness of the plane cost a god damn arm and a leg just for the paperwork that says they are what they are. This...



Is a plastic cap. It goes on the end of a fire pull handle to protect it DURING SHIPPING! It doesnt even go on the plane itself. Here it is next to a penny and a pen cap so you can see exactly how big and complex this piece is.



Take a wild guess how much this important piece of machinery electronics flimsy plastic cost. Go on take a guess.

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My company payed $50 for that damn thing plus another $30 for shipping! You know we are going to mark it up to sell it to our customer who in turn is going to mark it up to sell to an airline who in turn is going to charge all of you ridiculous ticket prices and checked baggage fees all the while short changing their pilots and flight attendants (and other employees) just to cover their costs. Not that Im against covering your costs as a business but needless costs like this (and this is only one example) is total crap.

Im not really sure who I should be frustrated with. The bureaucrats that make the regulations, the airlines who decided to take one step further, everyone else in the industry who just goes along with it or the consumers at the end of the money line who continue to pay out money to cover this kind of BS.