Originally Posted by
coolruning
I finally came to the conclusion that pilots are either stupid or crazy; stupid in the sense that they had no idea what they were getting themselves into or crazy in the sense that they knew what they were getting into but did it anyway. To be honest I think I might be crazy enough to go for it.
That about sums it up. But that’s O.K. Managers and shareholders have to get paid. The public has to fly from N.Y to LA for $89.00 round trip. Union bosses and senior CAs need their salaries and pensions. All of which depend on “crazy and stupid” people investing a lot of their own resources and working for peanuts. Your hard work a sacrifice will be greatly appreciated by all the above. My advice, instead of donating your VA benefits to a flight school get a masters degree in wealth extraction through fossil fuels or medical insurance mechanisms for the acquisition of liquid capital. These days it would be a much better investment
P.S, I did the regionals for about three years before I looked myself in the mirror and realized, I had become the instrument of my own demise.