Originally Posted by
Lanesuzza
$27k is being well paid? My father has a GED, no college and earns over $60k driving a big dump truck.
Comparatively speaking to airlines, unfortunately yeah. So far my pay increases have kept me above a comparative Airline guy, with same amount of time in company, even with a 1yr upgrade to captain at the regionals. Not bad for flying pistons. And yeah, there's a 90% chance this summer I will be flying one of them new fangled VLJ's. So there is upgrades, just in a different sense.
My dad farms, just a high-school degree, but a ton of blood, sweat, and tears type of job. You get out of it what you put in. Unfortunately for us Pilot guys, it takes a long time to see that return, but hey, we're flying planes!!!!!! Sooner than later I hope it changes, but the market determines that.