Originally Posted by
PC12Luvr
...I simply believe that, while an engineering career is satisfying, I would regret not giving flying a shot. If my odds are so stacked against, than I will gladly walk away, "do something else and fly on the weekends." Thank you all for your insight.
I think you will walk away if you really know what you are getting into. I do engineering and I am not under any illusions about how much fun it is. While it is one of the better white collar jobs, I still eat a lot of crap most weeks. But I am convinced you will eat far more crap as a right seat pilot at almost any airline.
As an engineer I was able to recently buy a $4,000 musical instrument for the fun of it- a lifelong dream. That would never happen on FO airline pilot salary. Yet I have the money to fly twins whenever I want to for fun. I flew a Seneca for two hours today over an airshow in Winston Salem, NC. That would never happen on an regional FO salary, guaranteed. Who is really having fun here? I am not bragging, just trying to put the two jobs in perspective. You are crazy to fly for a living unless you can make it to a major very fast or your livelihood does not depend on flying.