Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
I'm not selling, I'm telling. Those are facts up there and not my personal opinion.
Why no annotations or source materials reference, absent that its a sales pitch. ATP without a medical? How bout age 65, Commercial Certificates issued to foreign students, and the largest variable of all the people with certificates listed, are you so obsessed with this job to think that EVERY certificate holder listed wants to be an airline pilot? Sad fact, it isn't the money keeping the other half of your pilots away from this job, its the job its self. The thought of having to commute 6 hours on a plane that they may or may not get on due to loads, crappy pay, benefits and to opportunity to work any of the 365 days of the year, or 6 of 7 days a week, or any of the 24 hours in a day. And/or stay in any number of nasty biologically contaminated hotel rooms, some at their own costs. Face it even major pay is less than it was in the '80 without any adjustments. So yes, even if your chart was even remotely accurate, it means nothing without context. This industry has gone down the one way street, of self destruction, of its own accord. Any pilot with the ability to do a Google search can find out everything they need to know in .06 seconds.