So it turns out many airline jobs pay under $9 an hour. That’s barely more than fast food establishments.

I remember lots of my friends in college worked hard to get gigs at the airlines, either working at the ticket counters or handling luggage. It was considered a primo job back then because the pay was good and you got lots of air travel perks. Things have indeed changed, and an article in today’s Wall Street Journal talks about how hard it has become for airline carriers to find enough people to fill jobs. Cutbacks in the industry has led to a stagnation in wages and that has been the biggest problem attracting people to do the work…not easy work I might add, especially having to lug huge baggage.

It really makes me wonder what we’re facing as a society. I know I’ve harped on this before, but wages are going no where for the average American worker. We are not moving forward economically, at least the majority of the population. I know, there are lots of new millionaires and people with money oozing out of their ears, but for the Average Joe there is no oozing. In fact, it’s the de-oozing of the American rank and file.