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Fuck people that think like this.
"I only get paid as much as a fast food worker and I can't afford to live. Only I deserve a living wage, not a lower person like a fast food worker"
Fuck you and fuck that, if you work, you should be paid a living wage. Simple as that without any exceptions.
They're not complaining that a panda Express employee is making too much, they're complaining that an aircraft mechanic is making too little.
If an aircraft mechanic, who needs long term training and a high level of skill, can walk off the job and get paid the same working fast food, then that's a problem.
If a fast food worker doesn't get paid a living wage, that's also a problem, but a different one, and has nothing to do with their argument.
Usually people study a subject because they're at least interested in it. What you're saying is like asking a surgeon to work in IT, for instance, just because they're paying more. That's not a fair game, we're humans with our skills, perks, defects... you can't pretend everyone moves like a pawn just for money.
Boeing, like many other companies is playing the game of "maximise the short term profit" and as usual the easiest way is to cut labour costs. That's why they're in this position (poorly built planes, killed HUNDREDS of people etc.)