Originally Posted by
TXTECHKA
if you won't to work at wal mart go do it. I had a friend in high school whose dad was a manager at wal mart. He finally went back to school so he could do something else because he hated it so much. You won't catch me complaining because some wal mart manager is making more money than me. If you don't like your job find something else to do, it's not that complicated. Complaining about it on a forums isn't going to do anything to raise pay.
You don't have to complain, but you sure as h&ll better not be happy with the situation, and you had better be thinking about ways to improve things and communicating with your fellow pilots. A lot of what goes on on this and other boards is actually communicating, although the tone often sounds like bitching.
$100K is bare-minimum pay to support a family these days...you might also get a couple dirt bikes, an RV, or a ski boat out of the deal but you're not going to have a vacation home in the mountains or a big house in a nice neighborhood. Unless you plan really well, you will still be looking at college loans for the kids too.
The only place where a regional pilot can actually get ahead on $100K is in one of those nice rural towns that happens to have a nearby pilot domicile. $100K can get you a ranch house and a few acres in place like that, where prices are lower due to the lack of higher-paying jobs.