Originally Posted by
flapshalfspeed
That's true for the vast majority of people younger than 30--except for the ones whose parents had enough money to pay for flight training at AllATPs/ERAU in the middle of the worst economic times since the depression, a.k.a. the average Mesa new-hire at this moment in time
I'm not talking about the average person under 30 in the entire US workforce...I'm referring to the average person under 30 working on 1st year FO pay at Mesa right now.
If my parents could have afforded my college education or flight training, I would not have turned them down. Who would? I've never understood why people that came from fortunate familys are hated on. I'll admit I'm jealous of people like that. It's not fun to be drowning in loans. But if their family could afford it, good for them.
And how do you come up with this "average?" Do you poll everyone you fly with and ask how they paid for their flight training? If you asked me that I'd tell you it's none of your damn business. That's not my barometer of respect for someone. If they're a terrible pilot, that's when I start judging. But because of how they financed their school? Come on...