Originally Posted by
FrontSeat
actually pilots who get to the level of Global or G5 it is more then likley a career job so that is it for the rest of a corporate career. Also these types of planes are usually located in large population centers,,VNY,TEB,PBI etc. you usually do not commute to these cities which means you live there.
Now can you tell me how a person who lives in lets say Los Angeles can buy the average fixer home (700K-900K) and support a wife and maybe 1 child on 85k?
Its the pilots who think small like you is the reason we are in a race to the bottom as far as salaries are concerned.
The people who pay for these planes think nothing of having to pay 18k a month for a hanger and 5 dollar fuel/gallon and you want to help them out by accepting 85k a year? you are a loser !!!!
GV pilot
Well now, if you want to buy a million dollar home in VNY then 85K isn't enough. If those are your goals then, yes you need to make more. I'm a loser, eh? HeHeHe. As far as I see it, you're sitting in the stands with me watching this race to the bottom in the aviation industry because what are you doing proactively to change things? Complaining? Blogging on this forum? If you are proactive in changing what you're complaining about, then maybe you'll earn my respect, but certainly not by calling anyone a "loser": An educated remark by a GV pilot, by the way.
Sure 85K is a lot for me because guess what, where I live 85K can get you a couple of houses and all the rest of the stuff that I don't really need. I don't live in VNY and I dont want to either. Look, you take your job, and I'll take mine. I see the big picture but I also know that nothing I say or do at this moment can change anything because I am in no position to do so. Until that time, 85K is going to be a lot of money for me. Maybe not you, but for me it is.