Originally Posted by
ANPBird
By your standards nobody that has kids or a family should be a pilot. I guess there will be a shortage of pilots because 70% of the workforce just quit!
Unfortunately by my standards you are correct, you shouldn't be in your position starting at a regional with a wife and kids. Then again if second year regional pay is more than you were previously making more power to you. Unfortunately it's that which is bringing the industry down. The profession is so accessible to anyone that it's attracting people with much lower expectations out of life then the previous generation of pilots.
Originally Posted by
Uncle Bose
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.
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.
Once again well said Uncle Bose. Early in life with no overhead no family no kids is the time to make the jump to be a pilot. Once you add those variables in it is time to find a different career thats a little more stable.