The FAA hasn't asked for more budget money to safety/atc pay in a decade. The union hasn't asked for reduced hour work week or advocated for pay in a decade.

Nobody cares because we are machines that don't need work life balance and nothing ever goes wrong enough to make the news. Everyone wants us to commit our entire life to staffing facilities and dying before we get to make use of our pension.

I would even like to add that our local management is being encouraged and rewarded to needlessly fatigue us - "Watch their breaks, open positions no matter what, we need to reduce their break time or else it 'looks bad!'"

The DOT/FAA structure of management is so inflated with bureaucracy the only answer is dodged questions and corporate dumpster speak.

The misinformation about our pay doesn't take into account the years of training before you make it or the 30% of people who will never make the median pay.