Originally Posted by
SharkyBN584
According to this website, the last time I logged in was over a year ago. That's because after 10 years in the aviation industry I gave up flying (and aviation) altogether after spending 4.5 years at RAH...
I feel bad for anyone stuck there who got hired after 2007. That place is god awful. The line pilots are great, but that's about it. Having done nothing but fly for so long, it was definitely a tough decision, especially considering the economy and how worthless an Aviation Management degree is. By the grace of god I got out into a job making more money where I'm home every night, off every weekend, and have the opportunity to make more than any Captain at any Legacy ever will. I no longer have to worry about whether my job will exist tomorrow, I don't have to worry about missing my ride home or getting stuck in some BS midwestern city. I miss the flying, for sure...but I can fly anytime I want to. Getting to go higher and faster than most people ain't worth the abuse.
So you are no longer a ERJ FO, you make well into 6 figures, and you're an undertaker?
I'm just reading your tagline in your user profile, the "make more than any Captain at any legacy ever will" is a pretty broad stroke, and in these days there are very few jobs that are so safe that you don't have to worry about the job existing tomorrow (remember that old saying about dying and paying taxes - and there has to be a country with a gov't to pay taxes! That leaves dying
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It sounds like you like your job. Congrats!
What do you do now and is there room for others?
There are a lot of disgruntled people on this site that would like to follow you out of the industry.
USMCFLYR