Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
Eaglefly
It's all fun and games until those Ritalin kids "high five" on their way to A319 school, then it's hilarious.
Seriously, it is amazing how pilots have been twisted against themselves by management and SJS to the continued damage of the profession. I'm very happy I saw the writing and got out when I did. I cannot believe Rick went thru his Dad's EAL and UAL BKs and then, in a triumph of blindness and hope over truth and experience, started out in the regionals.
Don't get me wrong, I love aviation, I love the flying I do, I love following the industry that I am still close to, but I would HATE being in the airline business.
GF
I like flying, I enjoy it. I have also been addicted to it since I was a little kid, it was a no brainier for me. I even went to college for something outside aviation, and by my JR year knew it was what I wanted to do. I have no regrets.
I also went to Rutgers, and I really can not think of anyone I went to school with who is doing great. I am on track to pull in between 35-40k this year. That is not bad for being 25. I also get about 17 days off per month, have had as many as 20. If things go to crap at Eagle, they go to crap, people start over, my Dad did many times.
Not sure why you called me out, but I have no regrets. Like I said, my only other real choice would have been law school, which would have came with huge loans. Most my friends from college, finished and could not find any real jobs, so they went to Grad school, and now are 100k in debt, and still can not find any 'real' jobs.
Even my friend who is in law school, and works full time as a para legal in NYC makes about the same as me, and is scared there will be no job when he finishes besides his paralegal job. I can think of one girl who went for accounting that works at Metlife, commuting in/out of NY on the train everyday and I think she makes about 40k.
I got to move to FL, I live much cheaper than NJ, and I am fairly happy. It is why I hate coming on this site, and need to just remind myself why I stopped. 75% of the guys I fly with are happy, and do not come on this website.