Originally Posted by
Gearswinger
You are all ridiculous. Being a pilot isn't some special skill, there are millions of us. We don't create anything, or improve the world, we guide a hunk of metal from point A to B. If you are farther along in your career, it's not because you are better, it's because you got into this at a particular time and those above you either. Moved on, quit, or died. This isn't a field where promotions are based on merit, but one where you WILL move up if you put up with enough crap and don't quit.
So true which is why you should never compare Pilots to Doctors!!!!!!!! This is also why pay is always going to be low and the answer by the industry is to design better aircraft that way they can get away with more incompetent pilots. Eventually even the pilots will go away. Enjoy it while it lasts and make sure to remind people how you have more lives under your care than a doctor.