Originally Posted by
Wingtips
you need to look at all the options, as a pilot in 5 years you will make 40-50k
as a lawyer, which costs a bit more, you will be making 40-50 for 5-10 years and you actually have to be GOOD at it to make more, not just cruise up the seniority list.
Also as a pilot you get to fly a plane, get 15 days a off a month, and fly a plane for a living.
As a lawyer you get to live in your office and never sleep.
You have a lot to learn, young man (or lady... Didn't catch your gender). While I appreciate your enthusiasm for your job, please recognize that your inexperience makes your feelings on your career subject to a MASSIVE change in the coming years. In the meantime, I trust you have stopped picking up open time with members of your pilot group on furlough. Your satisfaction with the miserable pay and working conditions at the airlines (regionals AND majors) undermines the hard work of those pilots that are trying hard to restore some stability to the profession.
17 years at a major, and I'm getting 12 days off a month.