I cannot assign a figure to this. However, average household income across the country is around this figure, slightly less I believe.
How about a source.
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I can say that at 28 years old, I've never earned this amount and have lived a comfortable life.
How many children do you support again?
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The downgrade is unfortunate for him. But, it could be so much worse and is for many many folks out there. AND, he's got a marketable skill outside aviation. All things considered, he's in pretty good shape.
Did I win the "d-bag of the thread award"?
Yes.
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"There's nothing more difficult than to initiate a new order of things" -Machiavelli
What Bryan Lawlor did takes a lot of nerve, I know him personally, and he stuck his neck out in an effort to educate the masses about the inadequacies of pay for pilots, and for the benefit of everyone including furloughed pilots like yourself.
What all of you should be doing is thanking him for putting his personal life out there so that folks find out what we really go through as pilots.
So I ask you, what have done lately to improve the career? Oh that's right you're leaving to be a CPA? Incidentally why did you remove the link to your blog from your signature? It's a bit hypocritical of you don't you think?
I for one, would like to thank him for sticking his neck out! Is there an e-mail where we can personally thank him? I know a lot of us appreciate anything that we can do as a group to get our message out there.
So I ask you, what have done lately to improve the career? Oh that's right you're leaving to be a CPA? Incidentally why did you remove the link to your blog from your signature? It's a bit hypocritical of you don't you think?
Like or dislike his comments, the man is entitled to his opinions.
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So I ask you, what have done lately to improve the career? Oh that's right you're leaving to be a CPA?
Technically, by him leaving to pursue a career as a CPA, he has created at least one vacancy in a tight job market.
Personally, I have a tremendous level of respect and admiration for what Bryis has done. How many people complain about their current situations versus actually being proactive and doing something about it? I'm not a CPA, but I have plenty of friends who are practicing CPAs. From what I've seen, that type of certification is far from easy and ranks as one of the toughest professional qualifications one can attain.
I for one, would like to thank him for sticking his neck out! Is there an e-mail where we can personally thank him? I know a lot of us appreciate anything that we can do as a group to get our message out there.
Go to expressjetpilots.com and register. There is a really good thread in the works, and we've all expressed our appreciation by posting on it. You don't have to be an XJT pilot to post either, you just won't have access to the restricted areas, just the public forum. Thanks for seeing the article for what it is.
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"...adding that his wife does not want to be married to a pilot with so little earning power."
Gold Digger.....
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Bryan cleared a few things up on our company's message board. Especially things the journalist put in there that were taken out of context. The majority of it relating to his wife.
Easy on the caffeine dojet. Did you read the story? It's not about pilot pay, it's about materialism. That theme was apparently not lost on the NY Times readers, but it apparently was here... kids...
Like or dislike his comments, the man is entitled to his opinions.
Aren't we all, but that wasn't the issue and you know it.
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Technically, by him leaving to pursue a career as a CPA, he has created at least one vacancy in a tight job market.
Personally, I have a tremendous level of respect and admiration for what Bryis has done. How many people complain about their current situations versus actually being proactive and doing something about it?
That's a matter of perception. Every furloughed pilot I know has gotten a job in whatever they could to support their families, that's equally worthy of admiration and respect.
The problem with the gentleman in question here (Bryis) is that he comes on here with his whole one year of experience in the industry and pretends to lecture folks on the topics at hand (see his post history). We'll as you mentioned, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and just by reading his blog or the fact that he removed the link after he posted on this thread, you can tell the caliber of person that we're dealing with here.
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"There's nothing more difficult than to initiate a new order of things" -Machiavelli
Easy on the caffeine dojet. Did you read the story? It's not about pilot pay, it's about materialism. That theme was apparently not lost on the NY Times readers, but it apparently was here... kids...
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Originally Posted by dojetdriver
Bryan cleared a few things up on our company's message board. Especially things the journalist put in there that were taken out of context. The majority of it relating to his wife.
"...adding that his wife does not want to be married to a pilot with so little earning power."
Gold Digger.....
She better start looking for a new man, he's gonna be lucky to be an FO after some of the stuff he says in this artcle.
He's got some big Ba**s and its nice he bought this stuff out, buying a 10K motorcycle as a reward for upgrading is nuts in my opinion.
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