Originally Posted by
ANPBird
How much will I be gone from home then? I will have more days off at a regional than I do now.......... work less hours, even with a commute to a base I live by.
You're living in a fantasy world. There are a lot more hours on the job than those spent flying the plane, not to mention missed birthdays, holidays, several nights in a row spent away, etc...
I will be taking a pay cut for a year, by second year I will make more than I do now and even make up the pay from the first.
In that case, you must be making a lot less than $30K now. I'll concede that's not much to walk away from for the sake of an airline career.
Would you be a better family man if you:
a). Work at a job you didn't want to even be at?
b). Was happy working at a job you loved?
Those are the wrong questions. What makes you a good family man is providing for your family, being around regularly, and not risking their future on an unstable career path. Whether or not you love you job has nothing to do with it. It's also naive to think you couldn't possibly find job satisfaction anywhere else.
What kind of person doesn't want to work and live where they have always wanted too. Do you tell your kids they cant grow up to what they want to be? By your standards nobody that has kids or a family should be a pilot.
Yes, that's right. You can't have everything in life. Every choice you make involves sacrificing others. Once you've made the choice to start a family, you give up the choice to become a pilot. It's different if you're established in the career with some seniority and earning power and THEN choose to start a family.
I will go to work, be happy, and do what I can everyday to help raise the state of the regional industry while I am there.
No you won't. With a family to feed, idealism goes out the window. You'll be punching your card for a paycheck just like everyone else.