Originally Posted by
Yosemite Sam
I find it comical that these crusty delta captains harp so much fishing for the pick of the litter from state, Ivy League or top engineering, technical universities.
The real question is why someone with such credentials want to waste all that time, money and effort just to fly airplanes.
I find that kind of idiotic.
I recently flew with a Captain that graduated from Wharton and worked at Mckinsey while he was furloughed, and chose to come back with the recall. Having a few buddies who have worked for Mckinsey, all of which went on to very lucrative careers, I was interested in why he came back. It all came down to how much those guys are work and are gone from home. Sure those guys can go on to high paying jobs but they work their tails off for that $$$. He figures he can make 250-300k here, work <half the year and actually have time to spend his money.