Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Sure, pilots who worked for the last 30 years are able to retire. The current generation will have little to nothing to retire on. A 401K is no match for a full ride retirement program and those days are now gone.
Had I had a SkyHigh to lay out the future of aviation for me then I would not have spent dollar one on flight training. We all love to fly but first of all I needed a job. My dream was to build a rewarding career to base a full life upon. Aviation has descended into more of an American Idol show. One or two might make it but majority will not after blowing 15 years in line and perhaps as much as 200K in education and training expenses.
Flying isn't a career anymore but a 200K Hail Mary. I never would have invested myself into such a folly.
SkyHigh
Come on, a 200k hail marry. Even you couldn't type that straight face. I havn't even come close to touch 40k let alone 200k.
I think we deserve a touch more credit then an "American Idol" type career.
You say you love to fly, yet you have a perfectly good airplane sitting un-flown. If you loved to fly then then the love should out weigh the bitterness of not having a flying career. If that's not the case then don't claim you love to fly. I have an ex-wife, I am not bitter, but we do not love each other, so I don't go around saying I do when I really don't. You have every right to say your bitter about loosing flying in your life. Don't say you still love it, When we both know that's not the case.