Originally Posted by
HotMamaPilot
when you think about it: outside of law, medicine, and tech stuff, where else are you gonna make 50'gs? skyhigh, please insert story of police officer. my point: for what we do, we make good money compared to rest of public. skyhigh, please insert text about how much we pay for our ratings( as we haven't heard it enough).
We have all enjoyed this topic many times on this forum. I agree that in other regions of the country wages are much lower than they are here in the west.
My point is that pilots need to take a holistic approach to compensation. A pilot who makes 120K in the last ten years of his career after two decades of huge losses is no better off than a rural police officer who enjoys stable employment and a flush benefits program for their entire career.
Airline employers love to use the carrot and stick. Everyone has their eyes on the prize and neglect to tally up the price it takes to get there.
Of my high school graduating class the richest guy by far pressure washes and maintains cedar roofs in the Seattle area. He never went to college, trade school or anything else and easily clears 500K with a few helpers.
I think that pilots get locked into a career/job mentality and neglect to see the big picture.
SkyHigh