NWDC10

Do you think, inflation adjusted, it was cheap in 1970 when I got my Private Pilot? It wasn't, believe me. The ONLY thing I spent money on, working at an airport being a line boy, was flying. Read Ernie Gann, it wasn't easy in the 30s. Get over yourself.

A Piper Cherokee 180 was about $35 per hour in 1971, about $200 per hour today. You still needed a Comm ASMEL, CFII to be an instructor to get time to get an ATP.

There was nearly zero mainline hiring from 69-79, and no options like fractionals, regionals, overseas work. You worked at a mainline or it was check carriers, postal work, CFI or nothing. There are many options today. Corporate, because it is dear to me. When Grumman started selling G IIs, they thought, if they sold them to everyone who could buy one, they'd sell about 90. Just an example of how small the opportunities were.

Do you want to fly or not?

GF