Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
First off don't mock being an instructor. How do you think you got where you are? And yes before selling out to a place making no money working for conditions that make it hard for the indrustry to get better is not a great idea. Like I said I had over 300 resumes out there and turned down dozens of jobs before I accepted this one. You chose to work at $14 per hour putting in 10-12hrs and getting paid for 4 or 5. You chose that. You should have held out for better. There is no excuse for working at a place that has poor conditions. Being a professional pilot from the CFI level on up is something that demands respect. Not just from the general public but from the pilots as well. Accepting low paying wages at one job is screwing the industry. You took the position because of the low hiring mins, made less, bad conditions, didn't care. So yes. You sold out.
Funny; I don't remember mocking CFIs. CFI is a great occupation. I loved being one and would have stayed one for a long time if I could. In fact my ultimate goal is to be a flight instructor at an airline. I am just saying that CFIs are underpaid (mabye not you) as a whole and I think that most of them would agree with me. By the way, I never sold out. I did what I wanted to do and did not cut any corners in my career. In fact worked really hard at Lakes and got more experience than I ever could being an instructor, which by the way is a great and respectable occupation. I would never look down at a CFI no matter what his working conditions are. Teaching is something one loves, just like flying.(do you look down on public school teachers because they are underpaid but do it anyway?)
.. and you shouldn't look down on a 1900 pilot.. after all, how much money can you squeeze out of 19 people travelling 150miles? What I'm saying is being an underpaid Regional airline pilot is no different than being an underpaid flight instructor.