Originally Posted by
727gm
And in addition, they had people paying $10000 to buy the job, and all one got was a right-seat check (no type-rating), AND it was in a small turboprop....
But if you made it to a major, you were set for life. Back then it was a reasonable calculated risk to pay a lot of dues for a shot at the brass ring.
Problem is the brass ring is now gone, or at least there are only a tiny handful left.
It's hard to justify a lot of money and sacrifice to get a job that pays less than fast-food and doesn't have a remote hope of any kind of of stability.