Originally Posted by
mike734
Come on Sky. We don't know who you are. How much do you make these days? I'd be interested to know if you can make 200k in your line of work. If you don't, why not? What would you need to make that much. The guys I have seen do contracting around my house must be making well over 100k based on how much they want for one days work. I had a tree guy come over and want $1400 to fell one tree! I passed but he was busy! Who pays that?
Dear Mike,
What I mean by "
200K Hail Mary" is that by the time one reaches a point where they could apply to a major they would have spent 200K on college, flight training, lost wages and added professional upgrades like a 737 type and interview prep. All that to get a slim chance at a major.
As far as my income goes I actually am embarrassed to say for fear of sounding arrogant. I can say that I have gone from living on unemployment in a two bedroom apartment four years ago with my wife and two kids to what most would consider a captains house on fairly significant acreage. I have Alaska Airlines FO's calling me to help them figure out how they can build homes as well. Whenever I ask them for help at Alaska they just laugh and think I am kidding. (they also probably know that I am a long ways from competitive these days) On my last venture I made more than a captains annual wage in only a few months.
The ironic thing is that had I been steadily working these last four years as a pilot I doubt I would of had the courage to attempt the things I have over the last few years. I had my back to the wall and have no other choice than to take some huge risks and so far they have paid off.
Skyhigh