Originally Posted by
blastboy
Pardon me, but my father has been a pilot for over 30 years and I have never lived in poverty under his roof. Your goals are different, fine. But I have no intentions of having a family, a house or setting retirement as my ultimate goal. This doesn't mean that I am going to be living in poverty or "holding out a cup" begging for spare change. Aviation is not descending into a working hobby, it's at the bottom of its cycle like it has been in the past. It's an up and down industry, just like home building. Anyway, however you want to twist it, aviation is the only thing I can imagine myself doing as a profession and yes, there are still PLENTY of great paying airlines out there. Excuse me if I've overlooked your sarcasm, but the UAL guys I know worked like hell to get where they're at, including my old man. If there's much more to life than the flight deck, then please enlighten me....What are you doing in this forum? You don't like the airlines, you dont like flying as a profession. What gives?
You can not expect to have similar returns as the prior generation. Aviation does cycle but since deregulation it has been on a permanent downhill slide. The majors will hire pilots again but at less pay and worse working conditions. The pay might come back a little but will only remain till the next down turn when the cuts will be deep and more ground will be lost.
I am here because some here read these posts and perhaps dream of building a normal life. Aviation is filled with false information fed to newbies to sell flight training. No where else can they get a balanced perspective. I offer a unique perspective in that I have personal experience backed with an unbiased eye.
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