Michael Moore, NY Times Address Pilot Pay

O.K., give me a break. Michael Moore says Doctors are paid too much and pilots are not paid enough?! What about filmmakers?

Michael Moore, NY Times Address Pilot Pay: "In the first post of a new blog on his Web site, filmmaker Michael Moore this week addressed the issue of pilot pay, and The New York Times also explored the topic in a lengthy Page One story on Wednesday. 'I have a whole section in my new movie [Capitalism: A Love Story] about how pilots are treated,' Moore writes. 'In the movie I interview a pilot for a major airline who made $17,000 last year. For four months he was eligible [for] -- and received -- food stamps. Another pilot in the film has a second job as a dog walker.' The Times story focuses on Bryan Lawlor, a pilot for ExpressJet who was one of 130 captains downgraded to first officer in a cost-cutting measure. He took a 50-percent pay cut, to $34,000 per year. Click here for the full NYT story, or here for an audio slideshow. Moore's movie features interviews with several pilots and excerpts from Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger's testimony before Congress in February, when he talked about the pay cuts and pension reductions taken by pilots. Click here for an audio podcast of Sullenberger's testimony."